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Webster 1913 Edition

Slouch

Slouch

,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
sl[GREEK]kr
a slouching felloew, and E.
slack
,
slug
, a lazy fellow.]
1.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
2.
An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
[Colloq.]
Slouth hat
,
a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.

Slouch

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slouched
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slouching
.]
1.
To droop, as the head.
2.
To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
[Colloq.]

Slouch

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to hang down; to depress at the side;
as, to
slouth
the hat
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slouch

SLOUCH

,
Noun.
[This word probably belongs to the root of lag, slug.]
1.
A hanging down; a depression of the head or of some other part of the body, an ungainly clownish gait.
2.
An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

SLOUCH

,
Verb.
I.
To hang down; to have a down cast clownish look, gait or manner.

SLOUCH

,
Verb.
T.
To depress; to cause to hang down; as, to slouch the hat.

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