† slend, v. Obs. rare.
Also 5 sclend.
[Of obscure origin.]
trans. To slice or cut; to split.
| 13.. Sir Beues (A.) 248 Þre hondred heuedes of a slende Wiþ is brond. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 128 If þat þe brayn panne be so myche I-slend [v.r. y-sclend] þat þe part þat is broke, entre vndir þe partie þat is hool. c 1580 Jefferies Bugbears iii. iii, Fyrst slend thys square sticke length-wyse in to two. |