'Slid, int. Obs. exc. arch.
Also 7 slydd.
[abbrev. of God's lid (eyelid): see god n. 14 a.]
A form of oath, common in the 17th century.
| 1598 Shakes. Merry W. iii. iv. 24 Ile make a shaft or a bolt on't, slid, tis but venturing. 1606 Sir G. Goosecappe i. ii, Slydd there's not one of them truely emphaticall. 1650 Cowley Guardian ii. ii, Here's company; 'slid I'll fight then. 1689 Dial. betw. Timothy & Titus 6 Slid! this is insufferable. 1855 Kingsley Westw. Ho! iii, 'Slid, it seems half a life that I've been away. |