These are the meanings of the letters RTYYSL when you unscramble them.
- Sly (adv.)
Slyly.
- Sly (v. t.)
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- Sly (v. t.)
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
- Sly (v. t.)
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
- Sly (v. t.)
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
- Sty (v. i.)
A pen or inclosure for swine.
- Sty (v. i.)
A place of bestial debauchery.
- Sty (v. i.)
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
- Sty (v. i.)
To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
- Sty (v. t.)
To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
- Try (n.)
A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- Try (n.)
Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
- Try (v. i.)
To do; to fare; as, how do you try!
- Try (v. i.)
To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
- Try (v. t.)
Refined; select; excellent; choice.
- Try (v. t.)
To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
- Try (v. t.)
To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
- Try (v. t.)
To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
- Try (v. t.)
To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- Try (v. t.)
To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
- Try (v. t.)
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
- Try (v. t.)
To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.
- Try (v. t.)
To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
- Try (v. t.)
To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
- Try (v. t.)
To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.