sluttish (iou) and differential thermometer (medicine)

sluttish (iou)

sluttish adjective. LME.
[from SLUT noun + -ISH1.]
Of a woman (formerly also of a man): dirty and untidy in dress and habits, esp. to a repulsive degree. LME.
Of a thing: dirty, grimy; untidy. Now arch. rare. M16.
Of behaviour, manners, etc.: characteristic or typical of a slut; low, immoral, lewd. M16.
sluttishly adverb in a sluttish manner; untidily, dirtily; carelessly: L15.
sluttishness noun L15.

differential thermometer (medicine)

differential thermometer -->
thermoscope
<instrument, physics> An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.

Origin: Thermo- + -scope.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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