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

SLEUTH, s. The tract of man or beast, as known by the scent.
Barbour.

Sleuth-hund, Slouth-hund, Sloith-hund, Sloth-brache, Slough-dog, s. A blood-hound.
Barbour.

Isl. slod, semita, vestigia; Ir. sliocht, a tract.

SLEW FYR, struck fire.
Barbour.

Teut. vier-sla-en, excutere ignem.

SLEWYT, pret. Slipped.
Wallace.

Su. G. slaa knut, nodum nectere.

To SLICHT, v. a. To contrive.
Doug.

Isl. slaegd, fraus, dolus.

SLICHT, SLIGHT, adj. Worthless, S.
Spalding.