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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Slot(t, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. slot (14th c.), slote (c1400), OF esclot (OED).] The hollow running down the middle of the breast. —a1538 Abell 123b.
Thai wer slittit wp fra place of thare secret partis to the slot of thare breist 1619 Black Bk. Taymouth 442.
The dowblet ye caust mak to Duncane is now vp to the slot of his breist 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 400.
Johne Crichtoun … strake the said Margaret Jamesoun on the slott [pr. stott] of her breast with the end of ane hacquebutt 1658 R. Moray Lett. fol. 192.
[Cure for ague] Put a great spider into a box made of 2 wallnut shells and hang it about the neck so as it may be about the slot of the breast
