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Slesing, Sletia. [17th c. Eng. Slesia (1674).] Silesia, in attrib. or posses. use with Linin n., Laun(e n. — 1590–1 Exch. R. XXII 171.
£10 of certain Danskyn and Slesingis lynning
1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 319.
Sletia lawne the peice xl s.
1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 321.
Linning cloth called … narrow Sletia, narrow Westphalia [etc.]

Slesing n. attrib., n. possess.

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