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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1621
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Slog, v. [19th c. Eng. slog (1853), slug (1862, chiefly north.).] intr. To deal a heavy blow, to hit hard. — 1621 Inverness Rec. II 157.
Yov … with the drawin suord sloggit and strack him in the bellie
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