A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Slog, v. [19th c. Eng. slog (1853), slug (1862, chiefly north.).] intr. To deal a heavy blow, to hit hard. —1621 Inverness Rec. II 157.
Yov … with the drawin suord sloggit and strack him in the bellie