sloff, v.
Now dial.
[Imitative.]
intr. (See quot. 1841.) Hence ˈsloffing vbl. n.
c 1440 Promp. Parv. 459 Sloffynge, or on-gentyll etynge, voracio, devoracio, lurcacitas. 1841 Hartshorne Salop. Ant. Gloss., Sloff, to eat greedily, dirtily, or slovenly. |