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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sleigh \Sleigh\, adjective Sly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sleigh \Sleigh\, noun [Cf. D. & LG. slede, slee, Icel. sle?i. See {Sled}.] A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge.
{Sleigh bell}, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sleigh
noun: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow [syn: {sled}, {sledge}]
verb: ride (on) a sled [syn: {sled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleigh": Skimobile, Sno-Cat, blade, coast, flit, flow, fly, glide, glissade, ice-skate, roller-skate, runner, sail, sideslip, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, sled, slide, slip, slither, snowmobile, sweep, toboggan, weasel
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