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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1570
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Slide, n. [e.m.E. slide (1596); Slid(e v.] fig. A surreptitious or deceitful action. —1570 Satirical Poems xvi 23.
Euerie faction in him confydis Ȝe will heir tell how he thame gydis … Sen he hes maid sa mony slydis Trow ȝe he can be trew?
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