Middle English Dictionary Entry
sclot n.
Entry Info
Forms | sclot n. Also (error) selot. |
Etymology | ?Cp. sloteren v. & MnE dial. slot a dirty mess; ?cp. ME sloghte , sloth, vars. of slough n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A muddy place.
Associated quotations
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)797/39 : Hic linus [read: limus]: a sclott.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)798/27 : Hoc volutabrum: a selot [read: sclot].