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▪ I. † sletch
obs. var. of sleech n. or slitch.
1743Maxwell Ser. Trans. 44 Sea-sletch, Clay and Lime. Ibid. 125 Indeed they chuse to have Mud with the Sand, and this they call Sletch.
▪ II. sletch, v. rare. Now dial.|slɛtʃ|
Also 5 slech; pa. tense sleghte.
[repr. OE. slæccan (also á-, ᵹeslæccan), f. slæc slack a. Cf. OS. slekkian to weaken, Norw. slekkja to slacken (a cord, etc.).]
†1. trans. To render slack or relaxed; to assuage, mitigate. Obs. rare.
a1400Morte Arth. 2675 Lordes lenande lowe on lemand scheldes,..And some was sleghte one slepe with slaughte of þe pople. a1500Tale of Basyn 47 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 46 [Go] To the parson thi broder, that is so rich a wrech, And pray hym of thi sorow sum del he wold slech.
2. intr. To abate, slacken, stop. dial.
1847in Halliwell (I. Wight). 1881Isle of Wight Gloss. s.v., It raained aal day without sletchun. |