See slat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?",
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"ref": "1923 August 11, The Saturday Evening Post, page 88:",
"text": "[…] by the sound she knew that he was slatting water from his oilskins. \"Thanks. A wet day, sir.\" The door closed. He must have entered without invitation and shut the door behind him.",
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"ref": "1953, Rogers Terrill, The Argosy Book of Sea Stories, page 136:",
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"(of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something)."
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "to construct with slats",
"word": "tehdä säleikkö"
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