sloth

Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.

Any animal in the suborder Folivora.

Any animal in the suborder Folivora.

A group of bears.

To be idle; to idle (away time).

[…] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]

That you endeavour carefully to please your Lady, Master or Mistress, be faithful, diligent and submissive to them, encline not to sloth or laze in bed, but rise early in a morning.