A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Slake, metathetic var. of Scail v. 6. —c1420 Wynt. viii 1791.
He removyd wyth his powere And scalyd [L. slakit] in buschementis nere thareby
