Word Study
sloe
CIDE DICTIONARY
sloe, n. [OE. slo, AS. slā; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. sl, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. slywa a plum, Russ. sliva.].
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa ); also, the tree itself. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sloe, n.
1 = BLACKTHORN.
2 its small bluish-black fruit with a sharp sour taste.
1 = BLACKTHORN.
2 its small bluish-black fruit with a sharp sour taste.
Idiom
sloe-eyed
1 having eyes of this colour.
2 slant-eyed. sloe-gin a liqueur of sloes steeped in gin.
1 having eyes of this colour.
2 slant-eyed. sloe-gin a liqueur of sloes steeped in gin.
Etymology
OE sla(h) f. Gmc
THESAURUS
sloe
atramentous, black, black as coal, black as ebony, black as ink, black as midnight, black as night, coal-black, coaly, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, deep black, ebony, ink-black, inky, jetty, midnight, night-black, night-dark, nigrous, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, raven-black, sable, sloe-black, sloe-colored, tar-black, tarryROGET THESAURUS
sloe
Blackness
N blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.For further exploring for "sloe" in Webster Dictionary Online
