slentn.1
Now dialect.† 3. A sly hit or sarcasm; = slant n.1 5. Obsolete.
1. A slope or declivity. = slant n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun]
hield943
lithOE
pendanta1387
bankc1390
slentc1400
shoring1567
rist1577
inclining1596
slope1626
side-slip1649
slant1655
sideling1802
hang1808
siding1852
counterslope1853
bajada1866
tilt1903
palaeoslope1957
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 141 By-ȝonde þe broke by slente oþer slade, I hoped þat mote merked wore.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Slent, a gentle slope in the surface of the ground.
2. on (the) slent, aslant. Cf. slant n.1 3.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > obliquely [phrase]
on (the) slenta1400
of squinc1440
at angles with1646
on the angle1753
on the (or a) skew1881
on the slant1884
on a slant1951
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6200 God þaim bad drau iner-mare, Egain on-slent þar þai ware.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘It's on the slent’—aslope.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > instance of
gesta1387
quippy1519
quip1532
irony1534
nip1549
taunta1566
slent?1567
gamegall1577
yark1577
veny1586
jerk1590
wipe1596
glance1602
satire1606
by-wipe1641
quib1656
trait1704
skit1727
slant1825
ironism1842
wiper1846
by-quip1855
satirization1868
snapper1890
crack1896
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > [noun] > instance of
quippy1519
quip1532
taunta1566
slent?1567
wipe1596
quib1656
trait1704
slant1825
wisecrack1924
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxix. 348 Fynd thus I maye: to answere right: and dul blasphemers slents.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 982 b When Cleopatra found Antonius ieasts and slents to be but grosse and souldier like, in plaine manner she gaue it him finely.
1612 North's Plutarch, Epaminondas 1110 He was as pleasant a man to giue a fine slent in discourse, as could be possible to be found.
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† slentn.2
Obsolete.
1. A splash or sprinkling.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [noun] > an instance or the result of > small or slight
slent13..
spatter1797
spat1876
13.. St. Erkenwolde 331 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) Þe fyrst slent [of water] þat on me slode slekkyd al my tene.
2. Nautical. = slant n.2
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > short spell of
slent1596
spurt1699
spirt1726
slant1823
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 53 Towards the euening [we] had a slent of a northerly winde that blew very strong.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxi. 51 Advising them that with the first calme, or slent of wind, they should come off.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 43 This day the wind and sea were verie high,..but att the euening a slent of calme came.
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slentv.1
Now dialect.† 2. To make sly hits or gibes. Obsolete.Cf. Brockett (1829), ‘Slant, to utter sly jokes’.
1. intransitive. To slip, fall, or glide obliquely; to strike or lie aslant.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > move sideways [verb (intransitive)] > move obliquely
glentc1330
lean1398
slenta1400
glintc1440
skew1488
sklent1513
slanta1849
sashay1865
cater1873
diagonalize1884
shail1895
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > glide down
glidea1275
slenta1400
delabiate1632
delabe1657
a1400 Sir Beues 2539 Ascopard..Smot after Beues a dent gret, And wiþ is o fot a slintte And fel wiþ is owene dentte [14.. Camb. MS. Ff. ii. 38 A fote yn to þe erthe hyt sclente].
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. i. 689 The stroke was soo grete that it slented doune to the erthe.
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 337 Though God takes his aim at man, and levels his arrows primarily at his very heart; yet as they go, they slent upon the creature.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 245 Slent, to slant, to slope.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > use caustic or ironic ridicule [verb (intransitive)]
quip1542
slent1567
quib1580
quirk1596
jerk1611
ironize1638
to Lucian it1655
iron1813
skit1821
to come the acid1917
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > be sarcastic [verb (intransitive)]
quip1542
slent1567
quib1580
to crack wisea1774
to wise off1943
wisecrack1946
1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. vii. sig. Svv Slenting at their sortes of deuises in woing.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 744 b One Proteas, a pleasaunt conceited man, and that could slent finely.
3. transitive. To cause to slant; to turn aside.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)] > cause to deviate from course
charec1000
wrencha1200
turnc1275
to turn againc1330
swerve1390
wrya1400
reflectc1425
traverse1438
to turn aside1535
deduce1541
divert1548
to turn off1573
wrig1582
react1599
deflect1615
slent1639
decline1646
deviate1660
to wind off1677
sway1678
warp1814
switch1861
baffle1883
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxiv. 210 Nimblenesse was also very advantageous to break and slent the down-right rushings of a stronger vessel.
Derivatives
ˈslenting n.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > an oblique movement > causing
slentingc1400
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1160 Þer myȝt mon se, as þay slypte, slentyng of arwes.
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† slentv.2
transitive. To strike out; to aim or deliver (a blow); to cast, throw.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)]
warpc888
torvec1000
castc1230
slingc1290
forthcasta1300
throwc1300
lancec1330
hit1362
pitchc1380
slentc1380
glenta1400
launcha1400
routc1400
waltc1400
flingc1420
jeta1450
vire1487
ajet1490
hurl1563
toss1570
kest1590
picka1600
peck1611
jaculate1623
conject1625
elance1718
squail1876
tipple1887
bish1940
biff1941
slap1957
welly1986
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike out with a blow
latcha1225
slentc1380
to hit out1393
squat?1553
slat1577
to knock outa1616
king1916
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow)
setc1300
smitec1300
layc1330
drivec1380
slentc1380
hit?a1400
to lay ona1400
reacha1400
fetchc1400
depart1477
warpc1480
throw1488
lenda1500
serve1561
wherret1599
senda1627
lunge1735
to lay in1809
wreak1817
to get in1834
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1615 Roland ȝerne him gan defende wyþ durendale is brond, And sturne strokes til hymen he slente.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3313 Grete slabbes of styl & yre to þe walles þo wern y-slente.
a1400 Sir Beues 813 Wiþ is swerd out a slinte Twei toskes at þe ferste dent.
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slentv.3
Now dialect.absolute.1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 28 Whose two-hand Sword at euery venie, slent, Not through a single Souldiars feeble bones, But keenly slyces through whole Troopes at once.† 2. intransitive. To burst or split. Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To split or cleave; to rend.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crack, split, or fissure
to-slita1250
rivea1400
slatterc1400
chapc1460
chip1508
gaig1584
spleet1585
split1595
chink1599
chawn1602
slent1605
slat1607
sliver1608
speld1616
crevice1624
checka1642
chicka1642
crack1664
splice1664
sleave-
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 29 With a steele Dart..[thou] Art 'twixt thy Cuirace and thy Saddle slent.
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 929 On Cliffs of Adamant He layes his hands;..Slents them with Sledges.
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 46 If one do well observe the quality of the Cliffs on both shores, his eye will judge..that they were slented and shiver'd asunder by som act of violence.
1851 Dorset Gloss. Slent, to tear; to rend.
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 47 A shell was slent to shards anighst my ears.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst
to-burstc893
forbursta1000
springOE
to-flyc1000
to-shootc1000
to-springc1000
to-drevea1225
to-resea1225
to-breakc1230
to go shiversc1275
to-drivec1275
to-rivec1275
to-shenec1275
to-wendc1275
debruise1297
lash13..
to-dashc1300
to-scatter13..
to-shiver13..
shiverc1330
bequash1377
shinderc1390
brasta1400
bursta1400
to-shiderc1450
to fly in pieces1488
sprent1488
splindera1500
reavec1560
dishiver1562
shatter1567
disshiver1586
split1590
slent1608
besplit1638
disrupt1657
splintera1661
rupture1734
explode1784
to ding in staves1786
to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798
spell1811
to go (also run) smash1818
to play smash1841
bust1844
splitter1860
disrump1886
to fall into staves1895
smash1904
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 86 Th' vnsacred Altar sodain slent in twain.
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 936 My Brest is like a Wine-Butt..Ready to burst; or Bottles, like to slent.
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