Slob"ber*y (?), a. Wet; sloppy, as land. Shak.
{ Slock (?), Slock"en (?), } v. t. To quench; to allay; to slake. See
Slake. [Obs. or Scot.]
Slock"ing, a. & n. from Slock.
Slocking stone, a rich piece of ore displayed in order to tempt persons
to embark in a mining enterprise.
Sloe (?), n. [OE. slo, AS. sl; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. sl$ha,
Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl&?;n, perhaps originally, that which blunts the
teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. sliwa a plum, Russ.
sliva.] (Bot.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the
blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
Slo"gan (?), n. [Gael. sluagh- ghairm, i.e., an army cry; sluagh army +
gairm a call, calling.] The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland
clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry. Sir W. Scott.
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