slap-dash, adv. (Colloq.) carelessly, at [random], all at once.
slash, n. incision, [gash], [cut], [slit].
slate, n. argillite, argillaceous schist; grapholite.--v. [enroll], [register].
slated, a. registered, enrolled (for an appointment).
slattern, n. draggle-tail, drab, trollop, niopsy, malkin, drabble-tail.
slatternly, a. [slattern], [untidy], draggle-tailed.
slaughter, n. butchery. See killing.
slaughter-house, n. abattoir, shambles.
slave, n. [vassal], bond [servant], bondslave, bondman, thrall, [serf], captive, helot; [drudge]. Associated words: abolitionism, abolitionist, blackbird, maroon.