SLOT Slot, n. Etym: [LG. & D. slot a lock, from a verb meaning to close., to shut, D. sluiten; akin to G. schliessen, OHG. sliozan, OFries. sl, and probably to L. claudere. Cf. Close, Sluice.]
1. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
SLOT
Slot, v. t. Etym: [See Slot a bar.]
Defn: To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
SLOT
Slot, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. sl, and E. sleuth.]
Defn: The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind. Milton.
As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. Sir W. Scott.
SLOTH
Sloth, n. Etym: [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl, fr. slaw slow. See
Slow.]
1. Slowness; tardiness. These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak.