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 SLOOM, v. n. To slumber, S. B.
Pop. Ball.

Teut. sluym-en, leviter dormire.

Sloomy corn, grain which is not well filled, S.; q. what slumbers in the growth.
Callander.

SLOP, s. A gap.
V. [Slap].
Barbour.

To Slop, v. a.
1. To make a gap.
Doug.
2. To hew down.
Douglas.
3. To slop throw, to pierce.
Bellenden.

SLOP, s. A compact body.
Wallace.

Teut. slepp, agmen.

To SLORP, v. a. To swallow ungracefully; making a noise with the mouth or throat, S. A.

Isl. slupra, id.; or O. Teut. slorpe, vorago.

SLORPING, adj. Tawdry, Roxb.
Gl. Sibb.