slaiet

An obsolete form of slay1. slaightt, n. Same as slait. slain (slān). Past participle of slay1. - Letters of slains, in old Scots law, letters inscribed by the relatives of a person slain, declaring that they had received an a ythment or recompense, and containing an application to the crown for a pardon to the murderer. slaister (slas'ter), n. [Prob. ult. (with interchange of sk and st ) "Are you at the painting trade yet?" said Meg; "an unco slaister ye used to make with it lang syne." Scott , St. Ronan's Well, ii. 2. A slobbery ma or me . The wine!... if ever we were to get good o't, it was by taking it naked, and no wi' your sugar and your slaisters -I wish, for ane, I had ne'er kend the sour smack o't. Scott , St. Ronan's Well, xxxii.