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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Shalter. (Sc. form, representing e.m.E. shelter a refuge, protection (1585) and shelter v. to take refuge, etc. (1590).) —c1680 Cloud of Witnesses 8.
Tell all, that the shalter and benefite of this shall neither be great nor long 1684 Cloud of Witnesses 218.
Ministers and professors, who … are shaltering themselves under the shadow of these avowed enemies 1688 A. Shields Some Notes of a Preface, Lecture and Sermon, Preached Lothere Crafoord 1.
They are living under a shalter of a vassal of Antichrist
