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uLs sFlubong. Veiling, covering; the material or
veil used for covering. Menarek s.: to pull
the veil over one's features, to veil oneself;
Ht. Koris, Ht. Ind. Meng. S!lubongkan diri:
to veil oneself; Bint. Tim., 22 February, i895.
Berselubong: veiled; under a veil; wearing a
veil; Ht. Jay. Lengg.; Ht. Md. Hanaf., 6I;
Sh. Bid., 58.
L, sBl1odang or sbludang. The sheath or
outer covering of any palm blossom or of a
flower like the rose. S. mayang: id.; Sh.
Bid., 6; Ht. Sh. Kub. Saperti selodang
menolakkan mayang: as the palm sheath shoots
forth its flower; to declare oneself, or (of a
debutante) to burst on the world in her
beauty; Prov., J. S. A. S., XI., 63. Saperti
mayang tanggal dari selodangnya: like a flower
fallen from its sheath; Ht. Sh. Kub...3.L s61udip. The sheath or outer covering in
which a young palm tree is enveloped at the
commencement of its growth.
)J~L s68ludu. (Kedah.) A fish (unidentified)..JLA s6luwar. [Arab. sarwdl, Pers. shalwar.]
Trowsers, breeches; Ht. Abd., 89, 231, 3I0;
Sh. Jur. Bud., 43. Sa-helai s.: a pair of
trowsers, Ht. Abd., 3I4. S. bulat: pyjamas,
Sh. Sing. Terb., 15. S. China: Chinese
trowsers. S. sampak: trowsers worn by
Malays in the padi-fields. S. panjang panjut:
long trowsers worn tight about the ankles
and calf. S. kotong: short loose trowsers.
gA sloro. (Kedah.) Farcical, comical, droll;
(Riau, Johor) seluroh..A salorah or salurah. Every district of, the
whole of. Salurah tanah Jawa: in every
district of Java, Sej. Mal., 52; sa-da'irah tanah
Jawa. Colloquially the word is often pronounced seluroh.
- s6luroh. I. (Riau, Johor.) Comical, odd,
farcical, quaint, droll; (Kedah) seloro.
II. All, the whole of; see salorah.
LSj).y sBlurai. A kind of vermicelli..Ly s s1uwang. A freshwater fish; Ht. Kal.
Dam., 71; Sh. Ik. Trub., 12, 15. Ta'-sunggoh
seluwang ntlaut balek iya ka-tepi juga: it is
not true that the slluwang goes to sea, he is
always returning to the edge of the stream;
a proverbial hit at stay-at-home people; J.S.
A.S., I., 91.
Chuchok s., or chuchok mata s.: black art
used to blind an unknown thief. This charm
is so called from the sorcerer's poking out
the eye of one of these fish with a needle.
When a man is blind without apparent injury
to the eye it is attributed to this black art.
'*~LU sBlupat. A thin outer membrane or natural
skin; a film. This word is used of natural
growths such as the skin under an egg-shell;
unnatural growths (as a film over the eye) are
called selaput, q. v. Selupat is also used of the
(natural) shed skin of the aur duri.
4 s61oka. [Skr. shloka.] Verses, rhyming
couplets especially when humorous; ironical
or satirical poetry; merriment and humour
generally. Sa-barang-barang madah selokauya kapada kita: whatever quips and couplets
he addressed to us; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Mandong
berseloka, or me-ndong b.: a name for the cock.
Menyeloka: to utter quips in ironical verse, to
jest in rhyme, to make couplets.
4 WL selokat or sblukat. A musical instrument
forming part of the gamelan; Sej. Mal., 144;
Ht. Mas Ed. Memnetek s., or mleyelukat: to
play on this instrument; Ht. Mas Ed.
5,L^ sblukang or s6lukong. A long shield;
KI., v. d. W.
g sb1sululup. Jav. Steeping, immersing;=chelup.
~L, sBlumar. A tree with yellow flowers with
one lobe of the calyx produced into a large
white petaloid limb; nusscendopsis beccariana.
se1omor. The sloughed skin of a snake; Ht.
Haiw. Better selomo.
siluman. Evil spirits haunting marshy pools.
From Jav. silum, invisible.
y'~ sl1omo or selumu. (Riau, Johor.) The
slough (e.g., of a snake); (Kedah) selumbu.
Menyelumul: to slough off, or peel off,-of skin..XLA S6luwi. A kind of quail; K1., v. d. W.
4A s6lah. Intervening space; Better sela, q. v.

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shlusoh. A generic name for all drugs,
medicines and charms used for facilitating
delivery in childbirth; Muj., 39. S. beranak:
id. S. anak mnelintang dalam perut ibu-nya:
a remedy for a delivery complicated by transverse presentation. S. uri: a medicine to
expedite the removal of the after-birth.
i This fish is mentioned in a well-known pantun:
Niyat hati mengail seludu,
Gerut-ggrut bernama ikan;
Bukan mudah tinggal ibu,
Sebab pfrut siksa badan.

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sOli. Selang-seli: arranged alternately of objects such as daggers so that the point of one
may be above the hilt of the next and so on;
pointing alternately one way and the other.

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