slitchn.
/slɪtʃ/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
= sleech n. (See also quot. 1794.)
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [noun]
siltc1440
warpingc1440
slitch?a1475
sleech1587
alluvium1665
sediment1685
sullage1691
warp1698
wash1707
washing1707
alluvion1731
silting1739
warp land1794
alluvial1818
siltage1876
flood-loam1880
putty1883
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > deposited by river or sea
oozeeOE
slimea1000
slitch?a1475
sleech1587
sludge1649
slob1748
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 133 Nilus..makethe the londe plentuous thro slycche that hit drawethe with hit.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5763 The Troiens dong hom doun in the depe sliche.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13547 Thurgh the slicche and the slyme in þis slogh feble.
c1585 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah ii. 27 b For the wickednes of Sodom..that pleasant ground..is now barren, full of filthie mire, slitche, tarre, &c.
1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 985 They may..get admirable Slitch, where~with to Manure all their uplands.
1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 564 Lime is chiefly used as a manure, with clagg or slitch, as the farmers call it, being the wreck left by the tide on the shore.
1878 in Cumberld. Gloss.
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