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- noun Hiberno-English Alternative spelling of
slane .
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Examples
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The slean was a furred predator of the Tahrnian grasslands.
Pawns and Symbols Majliss Larson 2000
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Without thinking, Lavinia ran toward him while the boy, feigning indifference, knelt to carve a rectangle with the slean.
Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006
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Behind her, Lavinia heard the thud of a slean, then ringing as the iron turf-spade found a hidden rock.
Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006
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An archar off Northomberlonde say slean was the lord Persë;
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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That dougheti Duglas, lyff-tenant of the Marches, he lay slean Chyviot within.
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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Ther was the doughtë Doglas slean, the Persë never went away.
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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That doughty Douglas, lyff-tenant of the Marches, he lay slean Cheviot within.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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There was the doughty Douglas slean, the Percy never went away.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Al for {} bearne þi lond {;} and slean þine leo | de. [f. 66v²
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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