An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SLAE, SLA, s. The sloe, S.
Lightfoot.

A. S. sla, Belg. slee, Germ. schleh, id.

SLAG, s. A portion of any soft substance lifted up from the rest, S. B.

Isl. slagi, humiditas, slagn-a, humescere.

SLAG, SLOG, s. A gust.
Maitland P.

Su. G. slagg, intemperies; Teut. slegghe, nebula.

SLAID, s. A valley.
V. [Slade].

To SLAIGER, v. n. To waddle in the mud, S.
Gl. Sibb.

Teut. sleggerigh, madidus; radically the same with Laggery.

To SLAIK, SLAKE, v. n.
1. To carry off and eat any thing clandestinely, especially sweetmeats, &c. S.
Tannahill.