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nians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc. [Written also Slave, and Sclav.]

See Slav.

Born in slavery.

One who holds slaves.

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.]

Slavonic. -- n.

Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.

The common feeling and interest of the Slavonic race.

The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery. [U. S.]

A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav.

Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.

One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.

Opposed to slavery. -- n.

To enslave. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.