Slutch"y (?), a. Slushy. [Prov. Eng.] Pennant.
Sluth"hound` (?), n. Sleuthhound.
Slut"ter*y (?), n. The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness;
slatternlines. Drayton.
Slut"tish (?), a. Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of
cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.
Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray.
Chaucer.
An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy
farmer.
Sir W. Scott.
-- Slut"tish*ly, adv. -- Slut"tish*ness, n.
Sly (?), a. [Compar. Slier (?) or Slyer; superl. Sliest or Slyest.]
[OE. sli, slegh, sleih, Icel sl&?;gr, for sl&?;gr; akin to Sw. slug,
Dan. slu, LG. slou, G. schlau; probably to E. slay, v.t.; cf. G.
verschlagen sly. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Sleight.] 1. Dexterous in
performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful;
cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves.
Wyclif (Matt. x. 16).
Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly.
Fairfax.