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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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ONSLAUCHT, n. Sc. form of Eng. onslaught (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). This word became obs. in Eng. in the 18th c., but was reintroduced by Scott. [′onslǫxt]Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth vii.:
For witnesses to the onslaught.e.Lth. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head 39:
The furious onslaucht, knife and fork, Was a' owre in a whuffy.Abd. 1917 D. G. Mitchell Clachan Kirk 152:
He was eneuch for the warst onslaucht.