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▪ I. sleat, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.|sliːt|
Forms: 1 slætan, 3 slæten, slat-, 3, 7 slete, 8–9 sleet, 9 sleeat. Also pa. tense 1 slætte, 3 sle(a)tte, 9 slett; pa. pple. 4 slat.
[OE. slǽtan, f. slát- pret. stem of slítan slite v., corresponding to ON. *sleita, whence slate v.3]
†1. trans. To bait (an animal) with dogs. Obs.
c1000ælfric Lives Saints xii. 72 Man slætte þa ænne fearr feringa þær-ute, and se fear arn him toᵹeanes. a1225Juliana 52 (Royal MS.), Heo..sletten him wið hundes ant leiden to wið honden. a1300Vox & Wolf 289 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 67 Tho hede the wreche fomen i-nowe, That weren egre him to slete Mid grete houndes.
†2. intr. To hunt after something. Obs.—1
c1200Ormin 13485 Þatt time þatt teȝȝ [the apostles] tokenn swa To slætenn affterr sawless.
3. trans. To incite, set on (a dog, etc.).
a1225Juliana 53 (Bodl. MS.), Heo..sleatten on him hundes. 14..26 Polit. Poems ix. 22 Synne to bay many a folde On soules helle houndes slete. 1674Ray N.C. Words 43 To Slete a dog, is to set him at anything as swine, sheep, &c. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray, To Sleat a Dog. 1878Yorkshireman Nov. 394 (E.D.D.), I tuke a delight i' sleatin' 'em at one another. 1886Rochdale Gloss. 80 Sleat, to send or urge, as a dog at cattle, particularly sheep.
Hence ˈsleating vbl. n., hunting; also fig., baiting, instigation.
a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud) an. 1087, ælc unriht ᵹeold he forbead, & ᵹeatte mannan heora wudas and slætinge. c1205Lay. 12326 Þus Gratien þe king for ut an slæting. Ibid. 29170 Hit was in ane dæie, þat Gurmund mid his duȝeðe..riden a slatinge. c1400Destr. Troy 196 Pelleus..printed in hert Iff he might sleghly be sleght & sletyng of wordes, Gar Iason..the iorney vndertake.
▪ II. † sleat, v.2 Obs.—1
? var. of slat v.2
a1225Ancr. R. 212 Hwon heo ihereð þet god, heo sleateð adun boa two hore earen. |