slaister

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably Swedish slaska, to dabble, slask, wet.”)

slaister (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) mess
2. (Scotland) slovenly work

slaister (third-person singular simple present slaisters, present participle slaistering, simple past and past participle slaistered)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To bedaub.
2. (intransitive, Scotland) To slabber.
3. (intransitive, Scotland) To move about in a dirty, slovenly manner.

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• A-listers, Lasiters, Lassiter, Raelists, laserist, realists, saltiers, saltires