Amos ix. 1.
I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk.
Shak.
Syn. -- To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
Slay"er (?), n. One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of
life.
Sla"zy (sl"z), a. See Sleazy.
Sle (sl), v. t. To slay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sleave (slv), n. [Cf. Dan. slöif, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a
knot, sliding knot, and E. slip, v.i.] (a) The knotted or entangled
part of silk or thread. (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also
sleave silk.
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
Shak.
Sleave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved (slvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.]
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to
sley; -- a weaver's term.
Sleaved (slvd), a. Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or
silk. Holinshed.
Slea"zi*ness (?), n. Quality of being sleazy.
Slea"zy (sl"z), a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from
schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.] Wanting firmness of
texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt
also slazy.]
Sled (sld), n. [Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG. slito, Icel.
sleði, Sw. släde, Dan. slæde, and E. slide, v. See Slide, and cf.
Sledge a vehicle, Sleigh.] 1. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying
loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
2. A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons,
for sliding on snow or ice.
Sled, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sledded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sledding.] To convey
or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
Sled"ding (?), n. 1. The act of transporting or riding on a sled.
2. The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the
sledding is good.
Sledge (slj), n. [Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused with sledge
a hammer. See Sled, n.] 1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low
wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned
up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare
ground; a sled.
2. A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of
execution. [Eng.] Sir W. Scott.