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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1629
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(Sclice,) Sklisse, v. [Late ME and e.m.E. sklyce (1420), OF esclicer, esclisser.] tr. To sklisse away, to cut away, piece by piece, until nothing is left. — 1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 378.
By yeares, dayes, and hours, our life is continuallie cut and sklissed away
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