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A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

A loose garment worn by a woman.

An untidy woman; a slattern. Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge. Old Proverb.

Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott. -- Slut"tish*ly, adv. -- Slut"tish*ness, n.

A woman's under-garment; a smock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. In her smock, with head and foot all bare. Chaucer.

The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.] And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott.

oft whispers of music. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman. Shak. Soft were my numbers; who could take offense Pope.

A woman who solicits.

A woman who sings; a female singing bird. Thomson.

A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.

A woman's club; an association of women. [U. S.]

The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots. A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.

es, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.

A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.

is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. Chaucer.

One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman. [Local, U.S.]

providently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.

ually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.