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SLIDDER
Etymology 1
Adjective
slidder (comparative more slidder, superlative most slidder)
(obsolete) Slippery.
Etymology 2
Verb
slidder (third-person singular simple present slidders, present participle sliddering, simple past and past participle sliddered)
(dialectal or archaic) To slip or slide, especially clumsily, or in a gingerly, timorous way.
Anagrams
• Riddles, dreidls, lidders, riddles
Source: Wiktionary
Slid"der, v. t. Etym: [AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.]
Definition: To slide with interruption. [Obs.] Dryden.
Slid"der, Slid"der*ly, Slid"der*y, a. Etym: [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]
Definition: Slippery. [Obs.] To a drunk man the way is slidder. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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