sluther
English
Etymology
Variant of slither.
Verb
sluther (third-person singular simple present sluthers, present participle sluthering, simple past and past participle sluthered)
- (UK, dialectal) To slither, slide or slip
- 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Fantasia of the Unconscious:
- I'm going to sit down on my posterior and sluther full speed down this Pisgah, even if it cost me my trouser seat.
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sluther”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “sluther”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.