| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sloam | noun | A layer of earth between coal seams. |
| sloat | noun | A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart. |
| slock | verb t. | Alt. of Slocken |
| sloke | noun | See Sloakan. |
| sloom | noun | Slumber. |
| sloop | noun | A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| slope | verb i. | An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another., Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon., Sloping., In a sloping manner., To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment., To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes., To depart; to disappear suddenly. |
| slopy | adjective | Sloping; inclined. |
| slosh | Alt. of Sloshy | |
| sloth | noun | Slowness; tardiness., Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness., Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico., To be idle. |
| slowh | imp. of Slee,to slay. | |
| slows | noun | Milk sickness. |