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

Teut. slodder-en, flaccescere.

To SLUDDER, v. a. To slur, to articulate indistinctly, S. B.
V. [Slidder], v.

SLUGGIED, pret. Swallowed greedily, Moray.
Pop. Ball.

Teut. slock-en, Su. G. sluk-a, Dan. slug-e, deglutire.

SLUGHORNE, SLOGGORNE, s.
1. The watch-word used by troops in the field, S., slogan, S. A.
Douglas.
2. Hereditary designation, appellation of a tribe.
Bellenden.

Ir. sluagh, an army, and corn, a horn.

3. A peculiar quality viewed as inherent in those of one family or race.
Ruddiman.

SLUMP, s. A remnant, S. B., Sw. id.

SLUMP, s. By slump, altogether, S.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. slump, totum aliquod.