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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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slug1 sluggard XV; †slow-sailing vessel XVI; slow-moving shell-less land-snail XVIII. Based on a stem
slug-, repr. also by
slug vb. be slow or inert (XV) and earlier by, e.g., †
sluggy sluggish (XIII); prob. of Scand. orig. (cf. Sw. dial.
slogga be sluggish, Norw. dial.
slugg large heavy body).
So
sluggish (
-ISH1),
sluggard (
-ARD) XIV,
slugabed XVI.
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Luring Slugs to Their Doom; A Fatal Dish of Beer Helps Keep the Garden Free of These Slimy Creatures
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/21/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...thunderstorms-and garden slugs. The common slug may not be the gardener...and while numerous slugs were enticed by the...dent in our resident slug population. The following...leaf or shingle for slugs to gather under...s sand to deter slug travel; and chemicals...
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Slugs, and the People Who Love Them
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...His request for slugs to be nice is really...participating in the slug system. My nearly...it on to one of the slug Web sites. Perhaps one of the Woodbridge slugs will then take the...both himself and his slug riders a great favor by not picking up slugs again. I would hate...
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Slugs do the most damage at night
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 7/30/2005; ; 596 words
; ...handpicking is limited in its effectiveness. Slugs are sluggish, but a single slug can travel 30 feet or more in a night...first thing in the morning, then crush the slugs. A "slug tavern" attracts slugs with beer. This trap can be as simple...
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Slug retention ideas that have worked. (removal of slugs from dies) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Modern Machine Shop; 3/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; Slug Retention Ideas That Have Worked No one wants slug pulling. There are practical...punching operations. Slugs pulling out of a die...dulled in this way, the slugs usually stay down until...Prevention Ironically, slug retention is one of those...
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Slug load lessons: new ammunition designs bring incredible versatility. (Tech Corner).
Magazine article from: Petersen's Hunting; 9/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and true old smoothbore slug gun and soft-Lead Foster-type slugs if you want to. They'll...Traditional Foster-type slugs are reliable out to about...yards. The best of today's slugs and slug guns can deliver accuracy...
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Slugs help researchers study brain, nerve cells
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 12/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...each of those cells - in slugs, people or any species...something are the same in the slug as in a human," he said...cells easy to spot The slugs are docile, hardy and...as the nation's major slug supplier for research...prodigious amounts of the slugs' favorite food, a red...
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Slug Guns Effective For Hunting ; Now Is The Time To Hit The Range To Prepare For Buck Season.
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 10/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...hunters knows how effective slugs are. Slug guns can do better, but limiting...diameter is too large for the slug and its wad, and the slugs wobble or tilt, hurting accuracy...same time? Do not despair. Slugs and slug guns are highly effective and...
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Slugs prosper in damp, but can be dealt with
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 5/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; Submitted Slugs will make a meal out of...The Capital-Journal A slug is a snail that has lost...and plant debris so the slugs don't have those places...considered an invitation to slugs. There are numerous slug baits that are effective...
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Slug-gun lessons: stalking wild hogs along the Texas coast with a shotgun reveals untapped versatility.(Guns & Loads)
Magazine article from: Petersen's Hunting; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the rights to make similar slug loads in 1991, as did Federal in 1992. Then slugs quickly began to evolve...Coast, next, more advanced slugs will continue to appear. Slug Gun Accuracy "Early sabot slugs with a rifle barrel didn...
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Ugh! Slugs. (interesting facts about the mollusk)
Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist; 8/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...salty, here are a few slug control tips. A sprinkling...ordinary table salt renders slugs into paralyzed, shriveled...piece de resistance of slug eradication. Slugs, it turns out, love...takes two to tango in the slug world. Slugs are hermaphrodites...
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sea slug
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sea slug name for a marine gastropod...brightly colored. Sea slugs, or nudibranchs, are...these then pass from the slug's digestive tract to...where they are used by the slug for its own defense. Sea slugs are classified in the phylum...
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Slugs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Slugs Slug is a common name for a group of terrestrial snails like molluscs with little or no external shell. Examples of common slugs are Limax maximus , the large garden slug, and Limax agrestis , which eats grain seedlings and is regarded...
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slug
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
slug 1 / sləg / • n. 1...can be a serious plant pest. See also sea slug . 2. a slow, lazy person; a sluggard...liquor, that is gulped or poured: he took a slug of whiskey. 4. an elongated, typically...
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sea slugs
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
sea slugs See OPISTHOBRANCHIA .
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Oxygen Tank
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...automated saw. The sawn piece is called a slug and is almost the same weight and diameter as the finished product. 3 The slug is then placed inside a die in a backward...The press forces a punch against the slug. The metal of the slug flows backwards...
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