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▪ I. slape, a. north. dial.|sleɪp|
[a. ON. sleip-r (Icel. sleipur, Norw. sleip) slippery.]
1. Slippery; smooth. Also fig., crafty, cunning, deceitful.
c1460Towneley Myst. ii. 414 Who so will do after me Full slape of thrift then shal he be. 1671Skinner Etymol. Angl., Slape, quod agro nostro Linc. lubricum & mollem signat. 1691Ray N.C. Words (ed. 2), Slape, slippery. 1788W. H. Marshall Yorksh. II. 353 Slape, slippery; as ice, or a dirty path. 1811–in dial. glossaries (N. Cy., Linc., Notts.). 1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVIII. 562 Doff it, and lo! the slape sconce of the Doctor. 1901Marquis of Lorne V.R.I. 48 The gardener warned her to be careful, as the ground was ‘slape’.
2. Of ale: (see quots.).
1671in Skinner Etymol. Angl. [with Latin explanation, translated by Ray]. 1674Ray N.C. Words, Slape-ale: Lincoln. Plain ale as opposed to Ale medicated with Wormwood or Scurvy-grass, or mixed with any other liquor. 1742Gale in Mem. W. Stukeley (Surtees) I. 338 His old companions say they will in a little time bring him back again to slape-ale. 1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Slape-yale, rich, soft or smooth ale. 1866J. E. Brogden Prov. Lincs., Slape, strong, soft and sweet (applied to ale).
3. attrib. and Comb., as slape-faced, slape-fingered, slape-haired, etc.; slape-face (see quot. 1847); also, a smooth-faced man.
For other combs. of this type, see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
1803R. Anderson Cumbld. Ball. (c 1850) 75 Left-handed Sim, slape-finger'd Sam. 1839Rayson Poems (1858) 63 For slape-finger'd art he is equall'd by neane. 1847Halliw., Slape-face, a soft-spoken, mealy-mouthed hypocrite. 1884W. Black J. Shakespeare i, If he..have a red beard, I will not have him... If he be a slape-face, I will have none of him. 1890Cornhill Mag. Oct. 392 There were..two distinct breeds [of dogs]: the slape-haired and the rough-haired.
▪ II. slape
obs. form of sleep. |