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

Germ. schleck-en, ligurire, suavia et dulcia appetere.

2. To kiss in a slabbering way, S.
Lyndsay.
3. To bedaub, S.
Glenburnie.
4. To lounge like a dog, and be content to feed on offals, S.

SLAINES, SLAYANS. Letters of Slaines, letters subscribed, in case of slaughter, by the wife or executors of one who had been slain, acknowledging that satisfaction had been given, or otherwise soliciting for the pardon of the offender.
Acts Ja. VI.

To SLAIRG, SLAIRY, SLARY, v. a. To bedaub, S.

Teut. sloore, sordida ancilla; Belg. slorig, sordidus; O. E. slorie, sordidare.

Slairy, Slarie, s.
1. Any thing that bedaubs, S.
2. A part of one's food, taken so carelessly as to dirty one's clothes, S.

To Slairt about, to go about sluggishly, S. B.

Teut. sloordigh, sordidus.

To SLAISTER, SLYSTER, v. n.
1. To do any thing in an awkward and dirty way, S.
Antiquary.
2. To work in any thing moist or unctuous, S.
3. To move clumsily through a miry road, S.

Su. G. slask-a, humorem sordidum effundere.