▪ I. ˈslidder, n. dial.
[Cf. slidder a. and v.]
A trench or hollow running down a hill; a steep slope.
For other uses see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
| a 1793 G. White Selborne, Obs. on Veget. (1853) 301 One of the slidders, or trenches, down the middle of the Hanger..is still called strawberry-slidder. 1842 Dumfries Herald Oct., Tearing and wearing his corduroys, up trees and down slidders, to very reasonable tatters. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Slidder,..a track down the hill side for the water. |
▪ II. † ˈslidder, a. and adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 1–2 slidor, 2–6 slider (4 -ere, 5 -ur, -re), 4–5 slidir, 5–6 slyder (4 -ir, 5 -yr, -ere); 4 sledyr, 4–5 sleder; 1 sliddor, 5– slidder (6 -yr, slydder, -ir). β. 5 sclidere, -yr, sclydyr, sklyder.
[OE. slidor, f. slĭd- weak grade of slīdan slide v.]
A. adj.
1. Slippery; on which one readily slips. Also as quasi-n. (quot. 1501).
| a 1000 Runic Poem 29 Is byþ oferceald, unᵹemetum slidor. c 1280 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1875) 168 Þe oþer was þat heo [a bridge] was so slider, þat me ne scholde þer on noȝt gon. c 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5260 Þe plank þat on þe brygge was, was as sledyr as any glas. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 63 Somme may nouȝt clymbe on þe hilles, þe wey is so slider. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 459/1 Slydyr (or swypyr as a wey), lubricus. 1483 Cath. Angl. 322/2 Sclidere (A. Sclydyr), labilis. 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. iii. lv, Thay na grippis thair micht hald for slidder. 1526 Skelton Magnyf. 1840, I trowe it be a frost, for the way is slydder. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xxi. 31 Clyde banks..thay sall find slidder, Quhen kindlit is Gods ire. |
b. fig. or in fig. context.
| c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) xxxiv. 7 Syn heora weᵹas þystre and slidore. c 1250 Owl & Night. 956 Þu schalt falle, þi wey is slider. c 1400 26 Pol. Poems 22 He wol the lede in wayes slidre. 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play 296 The way to heven is very slydder. |
c. fig. From which one may easily slip or fall; uncertain, mutable.
| c 1480 Henryson Fables, Wolf & Wether xxii, Bewar in welth, for hall benkis ar richt slidder. 1552 Lyndesay Monarche 4977 Sen ȝe..Hes causit me for to consydder Quhow warldlye Pompe and glore bene slydder. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 151 Oft tymes thay find that seit most slidder That they haue keipit in the kingis menoritie. |
2. Inclined to slip or fall. rare.
| 1388 Wyclif Lam. iv. 18 Oure steppis weren slidir in the weie of oure stretis. a 1500 in Ratis Raving 103 Men suld considyr That womenis honore is tendyr & slydder. |
3. Of a smooth or slippery nature.
| 1388 Wyclif Prov. xxvi. 28 A slidir mouth worchith fallyngis. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxviii. (Bodl. MS.), Ȝif he were slider and smoþe within by slidernes mete schuld passe oute. Ibid. xi. ii. (Tollem. MS.), Eyer [air] is of slider kynde, and þerfore he entreþ and comeþ in to dennes of þe erþe. 1686 G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 20 My Tongue is grown sae slip and slidder. |
B. adv. In a sliding or unstable manner.
| a 1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. lii. 149 Mony folk slod to helle slider. c 1400 26 Pol. Poems iv. 7 And hem-self stoden so slydere. c 1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 49 In heuen blis ȝe stooden full slidir. |
▪ III. slidder, v. Now dial.
(ˈslɪdə(r))
Forms: 1 slid(e)rian, 5 slideren, slyder(yn), slydre, slidre; 3 sliddren, 7– slidder, 9 Sc. scl-, sklidder.
[OE. slid(e)rian, = MDu. slid(e)ren, slidderen, LG. sliddern, G. schlittern, a frequentative from slĭd-, the weak grade of slīdan slide v.]
1. intr. To slide, to slip.
For variations of sense see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xxxviii. 276 (Cotton MS.), Ðonne hie on moniᵹfaldum wordum slidriað. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) xvii. 35 Mine fet ne slideredon. Ibid. xxxvii. 16 Ᵹif hy ᵹeseon þæt mine fet slidrien. 14.. Langland's P. Pl. A. v. 113 (Univ. Coll. MS.), I mai it not trowe þat he ne schulde slideren þeron, so was [it] þred bare. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 7119 Yiff they slydre, or falle doun, Thys Emperesse..doth hem releue. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4152 So hard thei smote than to-gedre, Out of here sadils thei gan to slidre. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 459 Slyderyn (K. slidyn). 1697 Dryden æneid ii. 751 With that he dragg'd the trembling Sire, Slidd'ring through clotter'd Blood, and holy Mire. 1720 Pope Iliad xxi. 267 His feet, upborn, scarce the strong flood divide, Slidd'ring, and stagg'ring. 1806 Beresford Miseries Hum. Life ii. ix, Feeling your foot slidder over the back of a toad. 1851 G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. (1900) 508 Angular pieces of stone..‘sliddering’ down by the ton. 1879 Trans. Dev. Assoc. XI. 516 These tiny animals..creep and slidder under stones. |
2. trans. To make slippery or smooth.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lxxi. (1495) 903 Yf mylke is tomoche corrupte it slydereth the roughnesse of the stomak. 1891 in Eng. Dial. Dict. |
Hence ˈsliddering vbl. n. Also attrib.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 252 Vondunge is sliddrunge. 1866 M. Lemon Wait for the End v. 54 Those were the dancing days of Old England, putting to shame our shambling, hopping, sliddering times. |