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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To droop, as the head.

2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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