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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An incorrect form (perhaps a misprint) of onslaught. It occurs only in the passage quoted.
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- noun
Onslaught .
Etymologies
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Variant of onslaught, perhaps due to Middle English sleight, sleȝt, slæht, from Old English sleht, slieht, sleaht ("stroke, striking, slaughter, murder, death"), from Proto-Germanic *slahtiz (“hitting, beating, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, hammer”).
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