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Holding persons in slavery.

See Slavocracy.

A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

A driveler; an idiot.

Drooling; defiling with saliva. -- Slav"er*ing*ly, adv.

The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught! Sterne. I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual abolition of slavery. It mi…

A maidservant. [Colloq. & Jocose Eng.]

Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk. Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. Shak.

Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk. Holinshed.

Sweet.

Sweetly.

A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.

A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero brave. Wordsworth.

pl. of Staff. "Banners, scarves and staves." R. Browning. Also (stavz),

A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.

Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland. -- Suave"ly, adv.

Slightly concave. Owen.

Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. Bp. Wilkins.

A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.