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▪ I. ˈslotter, n.
[f. slot v.2]
One who makes slots; also, a slotting-machine.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 42 Engine and Machine Making:..Slotter. Screwer. 1891Pall Mall G. 24 Nov. 7/2 Planers, slotters, turners, smiths, and men engaged in skilled work.
▪ II. slotter, v. Now dial.|ˈslɒtə(r)|
Also 4–5 sloter(yn).
[Of obscure origin: cf. Du. slodderen, LG. sluddern, G. schlottern, some senses of which come near to those of the English word.]
1. trans. To make foul or dirty; also, to spill or splash about, to slop.
The n. slotter spilled liquor, a filthy mess, etc., is also recorded in dialect use from 1787 (Grose) onwards.
c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2367 Þan aght þe saul of synful with-in Be ful foule þat es alle slotered in syn. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 7066 ‘Abide,’ she seid, ‘so mot I thee, More slotered thei most be’. c1440Promp. Parv. 460/1 Sloteron, or defowlyn, maculo, deturpo. 1825–in dialect glossaries, etc. (Sc. and South-western).
2. intr. To be slothful or slovenly. Sc.
1553Douglas's æneid iv. Prol. 164 Thou auld hasard leichoure,..That slotteris [Small's ed. flotteris] furth euer⁓mare in sluggardry. 1808Jamieson, Slotterin, slutterin, acting in a slovenly manner; Loth[ian].
Hence † ˈslotterbug, a dirty or filthy person.
c1440Promp. Parv. 460 Sloturburgge [other texts slotyrbugge], cenulentus, maurus, obcenus. |