A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Slut,) Slute, v. [Slut n.] To make sluttish, defile. —c1620 Boyd Zion's Fl. xii/1.
Words of a most vile infection Which slute the body and als slave the affection