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slite(2)(dictionary)

slite(2) (iou)



slite verb trans. obsolete exc. dial.
[Old English slitan = Old Frisian slita, Old Saxon slitan, Old High German slian (Dutch slijten, German schleissen), Old Norse slita, from Germanic base.]
Slit, split; cut or rip up; tear, rend. Formerly also, bite. OE.
Impair by wear; wear out. rare. OE.
Whet, sharpen. Scot. M18-E19.