sluther

English

Etymology

Variant of slither.

Verb

sluther (third-person singular simple present sluthers, present participle sluthering, simple past and past participle sluthered)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• Hustler, Thurles, hurlest, hurtles, hustler