A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1633-1637
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Slid(e)rines, n. [Slid(d)(e)rie adj.] a. Slipperiness. b. fig. Inclination or tendency to slip or slide morally. —a. 1637 Justiciary Cases II 335.
His fall quhich … he catched … throw the slidrines of the way —b. 1633 Johnston Diary I 14.
By doolful experience I may knou the sliperie sliderines of my affections unto evil 1637 Johnston Diary I 257.
The sliderines of my wages
