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

To Slaister, v. a. To bedaub, S.
Ferguson.

Slaister, Slyster, Slaistery, s. A heterogeneous mass, S.
Ferguson.

SLAIT, pret. Slitted, cut.
Evergreen.

To SLAIT, v. a.
1. To level.

Su. G. slaet-a, id.

2. To depreciate, W. Loth.
3. To abuse grossly, to maltreat.
Guthrie.
4. To wipe.
Ritson.

SLAITIT, part. pa. Exhausted with fatigue.
Balnevis.

Teut. slete, tritus, slet-en, atterere.

SLAK, SLACK, SLAKE, s.
1. An opening in the higher part of a hill or mountain, where it becomes less steep, and forms a sort of pass, S.
Barbour.
2. A gap or narrow pass between two hills or mountains.
Wyntown.
3. The slack of the hass, the narrowest part of the throat, Loth.

Su. G. slak, remissus; also, the hollow of the side.