SLEIGH, sl[=a], _n._ same as SLED.--_ns._ SLEIGH'-BELL, a small bell
attached to a sleigh or its harness; SLEIGH'ING, the act of riding in a
sleigh or sled.
SLEIGHT, sl[=i]t, _n._ cunning: dexterity: an artful trick.--_n._
SLEIGHT'-OF-HAND, legerdemain. [Ice. _slægth_, cunning, _slægr_, sly.]
SLENDER, slen'd[.e]r, _adj._ thin or narrow: feeble: inconsiderable:
simple: meagre, inadequate, poorly furnished.--_adv._ SLEN'DERLY.--_n._
SLEN'DERNESS. [Old Dut. _slinder_, thin, _slinderen_, to drag; cf. Ger.
_schlendern_, to saunter.]
SLEPT, slept, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _sleep_.
SLEUTH-HOUND, sl[=oo]th'-hownd, _n._ a dog that tracks game by the scent, a
blood-hound. [_Slot_.]
SLEW, sl[=oo], _pa.t._ of _slay_.
SLEY, sl[=a], _n._ the reed of a weaver's loom. [A.S. _sl['æ]_--_sleán_, to
strike.]
SLICE, sl[=i]s, _v.t._ to slit or divide into thin pieces.--_n._ a thin
broad piece: a broad knife for serving fish.--_n._ SL[=I]'CER, one who, or
that which, slices: a broad, flat knife. [O. Fr. _esclice_--Old High Ger.
_sl[=i]zan_, to split.]
SLICK, slik, _adj._ smooth: smooth-tongued: dexterous in movement or
action.--_adv._ in a smooth manner, deftly. [_Sleek_]