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Slaughter — Slaugh ter, n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. sl[=a]tr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See {Slay}, v. t., and cf. {Onslaught}.] The act of killing.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slaughter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slātra to slaughter; akin to Old English sleaht slaughter, slēan to slay more at slay Date: 14th century 1. the act of killing; specifically the butchering of livestock… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Middle English phonology — The phonology of Middle English is necessarily somewhat speculative, since it is preserved purely as a written language. Nevertheless, there is a very large corpus of Middle English. The dialects of Middle English vary greatly over both time and… … Wikipedia
Slaughter — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has three possible sources. Firstly, it may be an occupational name for a slaughterer of animals, deriving from the Middle English slahter , a development of the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
onslaught — 1620s, anslaight, somehow from or on analogy of Du. aanslag attack, from M.Du. aenslach, from aen on + slach blow, related to slaen slay. Spelling influenced by obs. (since c.1400) English slaught (n.) slaughter, from O.E. sleaht (see SLAUGHTER… … Etymology dictionary
slaughter — [slôt′ər] n. [ME slahter < ON slātr, lit., slain flesh, contr. < slattr, akin to OE sleaht, slaughter, death: for IE base see SLAY] 1. the killing of an animal or animals for food; butchering 2. the killing of a human being, esp. in a… … English World dictionary
