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

Isl. sliov-r, sliof, hebes; or the same with [Slyp], q. v.

SLOUSSIS, L. floussis.
V. [Flouss].
Barbour.

SLOUTH-HUND, s.
V. [Sleuth-hund].

To SLUBBER, v. a.
1. To swallow, so as to make a noise with the throat, S.
2. To do any thing carelessly.
Z. Boyd.

Su. G. slabbr-a, avide deglutire, Isl. slupr-a, Dan. slubr-e, mollia ingurgitare.

Slubber, s. The act of swallowing as described above, S.

Slubbery, adj. Applied to flaccid food, in swallowing which a noise is made by the throat, S.

Teut. slobber-en, flaccidum esse.

To SLUDDER, (pron. sluther), v. a. The same with [Slubber], S. sense 1.

Sluddery, adj. Soft, flaccid, Fife.