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slaum, v. dial.|slɔːm| Also slorm. [perh. related to slime n., v.1; for other uses see Eng. Dial. Dict.] intr. To slobber, to blubber; also, to flatter obsequiously. Hence ˈslauming ppl. a., (a) muddy, sticky; (b) slobbering, obsequiously flattering. Also vbl. n.
1787W. Taylor Scots Poems 99 He has a dreadfu' drouth, Whilk slawmin canna put awa'. 1904in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 506/2 The wet maks the road a bit slaumin'. Ibid., Yer needn't come slawmin 'ere, for a don't believe yer. (Notts.) 1911A. Warrack Scots Dict. 527/1 Slaum, v., to slobber; to blubber; to smear. 1920D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl xi. 278 I'd rather have him than your smarmy slormin sort. |