Slippetty-sloppetty. Draggle-tailed, slovenly. 'I never zeed zich a slippetty-sloppetty wench in aal my barn days.'—N.W.
Slire. v. To look askance or out of the corners of your eye at anything.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, &c.)
'"Why should you suspect him?" "Aw, a' be a bad 'un; a' can't look 'ee straight in the face; a' sort of slyers [looks askance] at 'ee."'—Greene Ferne Farm, ch. ix.
*Slize. To look sly (A.B.H.Wr.). To look askance at any one.—N.W.
Slocks. See Slox.
Slocks about. To go about in an untidy slatternly way.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Sloe. In S. Wilts, about Salisbury, the large fruit is known as Sloes or Slues, and the small as Snags; in N. Wilts, at Huish, Slŏns are large and Hedge-speäks small, while at Clyffe Pypard the same terms are used, but the latter is not confined to the small fruit. At Cherhill Hilps and Picks are the names. Slues is used in both N. and S. Wilts, and Slŏns or Slăns in N. Wilts.
Slommakin. adj. Of females, untidy, slatternly (S.).—N. & S.W. (Malmesbury, &c.)
*Sloop. To change (A.H.Wr.). Perhaps a perversion of slew, or a misreading of swop in badly written MS.