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

SLAKE, SLAIK, SLEEGH, SLOKE, s.
1. The oozy vegetable substance in the bed of rivers, S. B. slauk.
Stat. Acc.
2. Navel laver, S. B.
Lightfoot.

Su. G. slak, laxus; as being soft and flaccid.

SLAKE, s. A blow on the chops.
Kelly.

A. S. slaege, Su. G. Belg. slag, ictus.

To SLAIK, v. n. To slacken.
Wallace.

SLAM, SLAMMACH, s. A share of any thing acquired by forcible or artful means, S. B.

Su. G. slam-a, coacervare; slem, craft.

To Slammach, v. a. To seize.

To SLAMMACH, SLAMACH, v. n. To slabber, S. B.
Shirrefs.

Su. G. slem, slime, slemig, slimy.