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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Slash, Shlash, n. [e.m.E. slash (1576).] a. A vertical slit. b. A cutting stroke. —a. 1653 Soc. Ant. XXIII 302.
One calse with four slashes therin —b. 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 188.
Kills him dead with one shlash of a too-handed sword
