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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: 1604-1605
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Slipperly, adv. [Late ME sliperly insecurely; Slipper adj.] Unreliably. — a1605 Montg. Misc. P. i 5.
Let thou hir [sc. time] slippe or slipperly grou slak, Thou gettis no grippe agane
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