Slaughter

slau'ter, n. a slaying or killing: a — great destruction of life carnage butchery r to slay to kill for the market to destroy bv violence numbers to ma acre. — «. Slaughterer. [Ice siatr. prob. influenced by A.S. sltahi botli are from* root of Slay.] Slaughterhouse, slaip'terhow'S, «. a house where beasts are slaughtered or killed for the market. Slaughterman. slaw'ter*n\an, n. a man employed in slaughtering, killing, or butchering animals, Slaughterous, slnw'ter-us, adj given to slaughter destructive murderous. Slav, Slava, slav, n. the name of the peonies f inhabiting E. Europe. adj. Slav'lQ. [Lit. th« mote mQte mCDn then. 47X 481 IMG:page-481.webp:Page 481 Slave shaking men/ from Polish slorvo, a word, in contrast to niemicz, the dumb,’ ‘unintelligible,’ applied by the Poles to the Germans. Cl. Barbarlan. Slave, slav, a captive in servitude: any one in bondage a serf one who labours like a slave a drudge one wholly under the will of another one who has lost all power of resistance. to work, like a slave: to drudge (Ong a Slav made captive by the Teutons, Fr. esclave— Ger. sclave, from Slav, the national name During the early wars of the Germans against the Slavs, many of the latter were captured and reduced to servitude.) [trade. Slaver, sli/er, n. a ship employed in the star's- Slaver, ^lav'dr, spittle or sulizm running from the mouth. v. to let the saliva run out ot the mouth.—v. to smear with saliva, —n Slav'erer. [A form of Slabber. Slavery, stev'er-i, « the state of being a slave: serfdom: the state of being entirely under the will of another: bondage drudgery Slave-trade, slAv'-trlid, n the trade of buying and selling slaves.