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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Slid(e, Slyde, adj. [Slid(e v. Also in the later dial.] a. Slippery; not firm or stable, uncertain. b. fig. Inconstant, transitory. Chiefly in Doug. —a. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1300.
Ane passage … Hewin in the roche of slid hard marbell stone 1513 Doug. vii vi 28.
Ful slyde scho [sc. a serpent] slippis hir membris our alquhar 1513 Doug. x v 173.
Quhill as thai … set fut apon the sand, With slyde tocummyn [L. trepidi egressis] … Or thai thar fut steppis ferm [etc.] a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 825.
He hes a slid grip hes ane eile be the taill —b. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 620.
The slide inconstant destenie or chance 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1982.
This warldis glorie Maist inconstant, maist slid [L. slyd] and transitorie
