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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Slichting,) Slighting, vbl. n.¹ [17th c. Eng. slighting (1622); Slicht v.¹] The action of ignoring, neglecting or disdaining; also, an instance of this. b. The action of rejecting. 1649 Dunkeld Presb. II 111.
[The Presbytery at Cupar … ordered a parishioner of Darsy] for being of a long tyme ignorant, and slighting the dyetts of examination … to mak publik declaration of his repentance 1651 Dumfries Council Min. 1 Nov.
The contempt done … In contemning of the auctoritie of the magistrates … and slighting ther citatiounes 1658 Cramond Kirk S. I 7 Feb.
Profaning the Sabbath, by drinking and slighting the preaching 1698 S. Ronaldshay 70.
As for Mr. Alexr's slighting the administration of the Lord's Supper, having given it only thrie timespl. 1651 Laing MSS 270.
I will not call them deleys and slightings with contempt 1698 Penninghame Par. Rec. I 21.
Their sin of slighting catechisingb. 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 33.
Their severe slighting of wine Makes them so with the cholic pine; … It cost Mahomet the great his life