Middle English Dictionary Entry
slāken v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | slāken v.(3) |
| Etymology | ?ON: cp. Icel. slægja to clean a fish. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cut (sth.).
Associated quotations
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)483-4 : Of capon, chiken, or teele, in coffyn bake, Owt of þe pye furst þat ye hem take, In a dische besyde þat ye þe whyngus slake, thynk [read: thynn] y-mynsed in to þe same with your knyfe ye slake, And stere welle þe stuff þer-in with þe poynt of your knyfe.