† sleightern.
Obsolete. rare.
= slaughter n. Also in combination sleighter-house.
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sleightc893
wal-slaught?a900
qualeeOE
deathOE
swordc1000
morthOE
slaughta1225
destroyingc1300
drepingc1300
martyrdomc1325
murderc1325
mortc1330
sleighterc1330
slaughter1338
iron and firea1387
murraina1387
manslaughtera1400
martyre?a1400
quella1425
occision?a1430
decease1513
destruction1526
slaughting1535
butchery?1536
butchering1572
massacrea1578
slaughterdom1592
slaughtering1597
carnage1600
massacring1600
slaughtery1604
internecion1610
decimationa1613
destroy1616
trucidation1623
stragea1632
sword-wrack1646
interemption1656
carnifice1657
panolethry1668
butcher work1808
bloodbath1814
populicide1824
man-slaughtering1851
battue1864
mass murder1917
genocide1944
overkill1957
c1330 Arth. & Merlin 1879 (Kölbing) Þo Angys al þis sleiȝster seiȝe, Wiþ al his miȝt anon he fleiȝe.
1585 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 25 A grete roppe for the wyndlas in the slayhter housse.
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