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▪ I. slaister, n. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈsleɪstə(r)|
[Cf. the vb.]
A dirty or disgusting mess or compound; the act of working at or making this.
a1774Fergusson Election Poems (1845) 43 Ye louns! that troke in doctor's stuff, You'll now hae unco slaisters. 1824Scott St. Ronan's ii, ‘Ay, and are you at the painting trade yet?’ said Meg; ‘an unco slaister ye used to make with it lang syne’. 1832Carlyle in Froude Life (1882) II. 268 They are painting the dining-room, lobby, and staircase; and, to avoid such a slaister for the future, doing it in oil. 1857–in Eng. Dial. Dict.
▪ II. slaister, v. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈsleɪstə(r)|
Also slester, etc.
[Of obscure origin.]
a. intr. To eat, work, etc., in a slobbering, wet, or dirty manner.
b. trans. To plaster in this fashion.
For fuller illustration of forms and senses see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
1756M. Calderwood Jrnl. (1884) 64 The maids..have nothing to do but slester and wash. 1773Fergusson Auld Reekie 124 Look at that head, and think if there The pomet slaister'd up his hair! 1816Scott Antiq. x, Ye'll be for your breakfast?..hae, there's a soup parritch for ye—it will set ye better to be slaistering at them and the lapper⁓milk than meddling wi' Mr. Lovel's head. 1819Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 89 Loud gaups o' lauchter shook the bank, As Johnnie slaister'd throu' the stank. |