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slade

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[slayd] / sleɪd /

noun

  • slades
    plural
  1. British. (in some regional dialects) a grassy area, such as a small valley or gully, a clearing in a forest, or a hillside.


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Straucht ower the water slade frae the mune   A glimmer o' cauld weet licht; Ane o' her horns rase the water abune,   And lampit across the nicht.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald

My Julia's arms encircled me, An' saftly slade the hours awa', Till dawning coost a glimm'rin' e'e Upon the hills o' Gallowa'.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers

That theffe I saw to nyght, Here be-side a slade.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

But he slade aye awa or the sun was up, He ne’er could look straught on Macmillan’s cup;58 They watch’d—but nane saw him his brose ever sup Nor a spune sought Aiken-drum.

From Spare Hours by John Brown

It would have been better for William-a-Trent to have been abed with sorrow—says the ballad—than to be that day in the greenwood slade to meet with Little John's arrow.

From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

And all his soul did wax amort To stars, to hills, to slades, to streams, And it but held that sorceress fair As one of dreams.

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein

The night separated them over slades and over downs; and Modred came so far forth, that he was at London.

From Brut by Eugene Mason

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