Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . Slug. prompt, or spirited ; wearisome ; dilatory ; tardy ;sluggish; dull; inactive.—^;. <. To render slow, re-tard, reduce the speed of (an engine, ship, etc.). Slow-worm, slowerm, n. A harmless reptile, havinea very brittle body; the bUnd-worm. Sloyd, sloid, v. Lit., skilled mechanical work, suchas that required in wood carving ; trade work ;hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system)
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . Slug. prompt, or spirited ; wearisome ; dilatory ; tardy ;sluggish; dull; inactive.—^;. <. To render slow, re-tard, reduce the speed of (an engine, ship, etc.). Slow-worm, slowerm, n. A harmless reptile, havinea very brittle body; the bUnd-worm. Sloyd, sloid, v. Lit., skilled mechanical work, suchas that required in wood carving ; trade work ;hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) ofmanual training in trade work. Slab, slub, 71. A roll of wool slightly twisted. Sludge, sluj, n. Mud ; mire ; soft mud ; slush. Slue, slu, V. t. [SLUED <slud), sluing.] {Naut.) Toturn about a fixed point, usually, the center, as aspar or piece of timber. To turn about, twist. —v. turn about; to slip or slide and turn from an ex-pected or desired course. Slug, slug, n. A drone ; a slow, heavy, lazy fellow.{Zool.) A kind of shell- . ^^< less snail, very destruc- lifive to plants. — Slug-gard, n. A person habit-ually lazy, idle, and in-active; a drone.—Slug-gish, a. Habitually
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