From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Slot \Slot\, v. t. [See {Slot} a bar.]
To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Slot \Slot\, n. [Cf. Icel. sl??, and E. sleuth.]
The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Slot \Slot\, n. [LG. & D. slot a lock, from a verb meaning to
close., to shut, D. sluiten; akin to G. schliessen, OHG.
sliozan, OFries. sl?ta, and probably to L. claudere. Cf.
{Close}, {Sluice}.]
1. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
[1913 Webster]
2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
3. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one
for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slot
n 1: a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in
which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable;
"he developed a version of slot grammar"
2: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail);
"he put a quarter in the slot"
3: a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has
a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: {time
slot}, {slot}]
4: a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan
occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some
tough competition for the number one slot"
5: the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the
deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
6: (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a
plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional
memory" [syn: {slot}, {expansion slot}]
7: a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours
and hours just playing the slots" [syn: {slot}, {one-armed
bandit}]
v 1: assign a time slot; "slot a television program"
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
slot /slɔt/
1. clasp; hook
2. end; terminate
3. end; ending
4. castle
5. lock
From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]:
slot
castle
|
