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SLAYER n.
One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
SLIDEWAY n.
A way along which something slides.
SLUICEWAY n.
An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery.
SOOTHSAY v. 3 definitions
To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay." Shak. "Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Milton.
SOOTHSAYER n. 2 definitions
One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
SOOTHSAYING n. 3 definitions
A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
SOUTHSAY v.
See Soothsay. [Obs.]
SOUTHSAYER n.
See Soothsayer. [Obs.]
SPAY v. 2 definitions
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
SPAYAD; SPAYADE n.
A spay.
SPILLWAY n.
A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
SPLAY v. 6 definitions
To display; to spread. [Obs.] "Our ensigns splayed." Gascoigne.
SPLAYFOOT n.
A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
SPLAYFOOT; SPLAYFOOTED a.
Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.
SPLAYMOUTH n.
A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden.
SPLAYMOUTHED a.
Having a splaymouth. T. Brown.
SPRAY n. 9 definitions
or branch; a twig. Chaucer. The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from spray, were heard to sing. Dryden.
SPRAYBOARD n.
See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).
SPRAYER n.
One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids.
SPURWAY n.
A bridle path. [R.]
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