4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
SLAM-BANG
Slam"-bang`, adv.
Defn: With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.
[Colloq.]
SLAMKIN; SLAMMERKIN Slam"kin, Slam"mer*kin, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schlampe, schlamp, dim. schlämpchen; schlampen to dangle, to be slovenly in one's dress.]
Defn: A slut; a slatternly woman. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
SLANDER
Slan"der, n. Etym: [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle,
escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. skand to spring, leap.
See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]
1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting." Tillotson. [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. B. Jonson.
2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. Shak.
3. (Law)
Defn: Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril.