† sletchn.
Obsolete.
= sleech n., slitch n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun]
laira1340
fanc1340
mudc1400
slutchc1400
slikec1425
slipc1440
slobber1440
sorec1440
slot?a1500
glar?a1513
slubber1570
slab1622
lute1694
lutulence1727
sletch1743
sleek1774
slakec1800
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 44 Sea-sletch, Clay and Lime.
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 125 Indeed they chuse to have Mud with the Sand, and this they call Sletch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
sletchv.
/slɛtʃ/ rare. Now dialect.† 1. transitive. To render slack or relaxed; to assuage, mitigate. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (transitive)]
sletch?a1400
recline?a1425
detend1930
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate
lithec897
lighteOE
lissea1000
stillc1000
alightOE
alithe?a1200
softc1225
swagec1330
abate?c1335
easea1374
accoya1375
allegea1375
stintc1374
slakea1387
assuage1393
planea1400
slecka1400
plasterc1400
soften?c1415
lighten?a1425
mitigate?a1425
relievec1425
asoftc1430
alleviate?a1475
allevya1500
sletcha1500
alleve1544
allevate1570
salve?1577
sweetena1586
smooth1589
disembitter1622
deleniate1623
slaken1629
tranquillitate1657
soothe1711
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2675 Lordes lenande lowe on lemand scheldes,..And some was sleghte one slepe with slaughte of þe pople.
a1500 Tale of Basin in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 55 [Go] To the person þi broder þat is so rich a wrech, And pray hym of þi sorow sumdel he wolde slech.
2. intransitive. To abate, slacken, stop. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > lose vigour or intensity
swindOE
wane1297
forslacka1300
keelc1325
deadc1384
abatea1387
flag1639
to go off1642
subsidea1645
slacken1651
flat1654
lower1699
relax1701
deaden1723
entame1768
sober1825
lighten1827
sletch1847
slow1849
languish1855
bate1860
to slow up1861
to slow down1879
1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (I. Wight).
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words 33 It raained aal day without sletchun.
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