Slug, v. i. To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by
passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; --
said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.
Slug"a*bed` (?), n. One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. [R.]
"Fie, you slugabed!" Shak.
Slug"gard (?), n. [Slug + - ard.] A person habitually lazy, idle, and
inactive; a drone.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Prov. vi. 6.
Slug"gard, a. Sluggish; lazy. Dryden.
Slug"gard*ize (?), v. t. To make lazy. [R.] Shak.
Slug"gard*y (?), n. [OE. sloggardye.] The state of being a sluggard;
sluggishness; sloth. Gower.
Idleness is rotten sluggardy.
Chaucer.
Slug"ger (?), n. One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize
fighter. [Cant or Slang]
Slug"gish (?), a. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull;
inactive; as, a sluggish man.