Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
slay .
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Examples
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Ryo again touched the bush, said "slen," and added the movement for affirmation.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Then he said "slen" and tried to imitate the monster's own mouth noise.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Ryo again touched the bush, said "slen," and added the movement for affirmation.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Then he said "slen" and tried to imi'tate the monster's own mouth noise.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Ryo pointed to the bush, said "slen," and made the affirmation gesture again.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Ryo pointed to the bush, said "slen," and made the affirmation gesture again.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Obviously, he has other living expenses and can't pay out more than he earns, so here's someone who's worked since he was 14 and is uninsured, not because he's too lazy to work but because he's old and diabetic. slen
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Wee wolde han gon toward the trees fulle gladly, zif wee had myght: but I trowe, that 100000 men of armes myghte not passen the desertes safly, for the gret multytude of wylde bestes, and of grete dragouns, and of grete multytude serpentes, that there ben, that slen and devouren alle that comen aneyntes hem.
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Theise serpentes slen men, and thei eten hem wepynge: and whan thei eten, thei meven the over Jowe, and noughte the nether Jowe; and thei have no Tonge.
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Another yle is there toward the northe, in the see occean, where that ben fulle cruele and ful evele wommen of nature; and thei han precious stones in hire eyen: and thei ben of that kynde, that zif thei beholden ony man with wratthe, thei slen him anon with the beholdynge, as dothe the basilisk.
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