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(Hi, Slithy!)
slithy: Slythy (compounded of slimy and lithe). Smooth and active. Lithe and slimy. Lithe is the same as 'active.' ... It's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed up into one word.
tove: Tove, a species of badger. They had smooth white hair, long hind legs, and short horns like a stag; lived chiefly on cheese. "Toves" should be pronounced to rhyme with "groves". Something like badgers -- they're something like lizards -- and they are something like corkscrews. ... They make their nests under sundials -- also they live on cheese.
(I hope you like cheese!)
http://www.math.luc.edu/~vande/jabglossary.html
(and an old AWAD thread about Carroll's coinages...you may remember this one, TEd )
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=3827
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