_adj._ Slippery, sliding: applied only to solid
bodies. From this word is derived the __shuttle__ (_s._)
of the weaver.
Sig. _s._ Urine.
Sil'ker. _s._ A court-card.
To Sim. _v. n._ To seem, to appear. This verb is used
personally, as, _I sim_, _you sim_, for _it seems to
me_, etc.
Sim-like-it. _interj._ (Seems like it.) Ironically, for
_very improbable_.
Sine. _conj._ [Probably from __seeing__ or
__seen__.] Since, because.
Single-guss. _s._ The plant orchis.
Single-stick. _s._ A game; sometimes called
__backsword__.
Sizes. _s. pl._ The assizes.
To Skag. To give an accidental blow, so as to tear the clothes or
the flesh; to wound slightly.
Skag. _s._ An accidental blow, as of the heel of the shoe, so
as to tear the clothes or the flesh; any slight wound or rent.
To Skeer. _v. a._ To mow lightly over: applied to pastures
which have been summer-eaten, never to meadows. In a neuter sense,
to move along quickly, and slightly touching. Hence, from its mode
of flight,
Skeer-devil.
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