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268 Slock. To entice, to tempt, to induce, as when one boy slocks another to steal apples, or as with an unwilling dog, '^ slocke'n along." (To pilfer, to give privately. Polwhele.) Slocking bone. See Locking bone. Slocking stone, Pryce calls it (Mineralogia Cornu- liensis) " a tempting, inducing, or rich stone of ore." Some miners produce good stones of ore, which induce those concerned to proceed, until they expend much money perhaps, and at last find the mine good for nothing, so, likewise there have been som.e in- stances of miners, who have deceived their employers by bringing them "slocking stones" from other mines pretending they were found in the mine they worked in, the meaning of which imposition is obvious. Slocum. A lagging, stupid, lazy fellow. "Come along old slocum." SloneS. The fruit of the black thorn. Sloes. Slosh. To flush with, or splash water about. Sloshy. Wet and muddy. Slotter. A wet, dirty mess. To slotter. To make a mess. Slottery. In Celtic Cornish it is spelt slotteree and means, rainy weather, foul and dirty, muddy; as " slottery weather," " slottery roads." Slow cripple. A blind-worm. A slow-worm. Slow-six-legged walkers. Lice. Carew.