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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SLANTER, n. A sloping outcrop of rock.Peb. 1872 Trans. Highl. Soc. 233:
The hillside covered with slanters and dotted over with hawthorns, rises boldly from the plain . . . That slanters, so common in the country, should have considerable influence from reflection on the crops in the immediate neighbourhood cannot be doubted.
