Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
sloth , sleuth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Sloth; idleness.
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- noun obsolete
sloth ;idleness
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Examples
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Throw the whiche in all partis raise sick havye lamentatioun, and complaint of the communitie, accusing the Nobilitie and Counsall of thair slewth, that as the same oppressioun we dowbt nott hes entered in befoir the justice-seat of God, sa hes it movit our heartis to rewth and compassioun.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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