See Also: excantation(dictionary)

slud (iou) and excantation (iou)


slud (iou)



slud noun. L18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to Low German sleuder lather, German dial. Schluder slush, mud, or a blend of SLUDGE noun + MUD noun1.]
Mud. dial. L18.
spec. in Geology. Soil or similar material made susceptible to solifluction, esp. by saturation with water from underlying permafrost. Cf. SLUDGE verb 6. M20.

excantation (iou)



excantation noun.rare. L16-M19.
[Alt. of incantation after Latin excantare bring out by enchantment, formed as EX-1 1 + cantare sing (see CHANT verb).]
The action of removing something by enchantment.