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A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago. Sir W. Scott.

ing to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott.

Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. Gray.

A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

West Indian plant of the genus Cereus (C. triangularia). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. -- Strawberry sawfly (Zoöl.), a small black sawfly (Emphytus maculatus) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry vine. -- Strawberry tomato. (Bot.) Se…

To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

Slightly angular.

Slightly concave. Owen.

Slightly conical.

A slight charge or accusation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [R.] "The subindication and shadowing of heavenly things." Barrow.

Having very slight furrows. [R.]

Slightly tepid.

Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.

Slightly woody at the base.

To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way. [R.] It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficialize evil. E. P. Whipple.

To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. Dryden. This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, b…

To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to kno…

the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence. Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. Bacon.

A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.