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To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie. Shak.

nd used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge. Sleigh bell, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.

The act of riding in a sleigh.

Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer.

Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]

Cunningly. [Obs.] Huloet.

Cunning; sly. [Obs.] Huloet.

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton.

See Slant. [Obs.]

imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer.

A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.

imp. & p. p. of Sleep.

The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.] Halliwell.

A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc.]

imp. of Slay.

Somewhat drunk. [Slang]

Sloth; idleness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

parate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.

The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.

Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.