† ˈfire-slaught Sc. Obs.
[f. fire n. + ME. slaht. OE. sleaht stroke, blow: see slaught.]
A flash of fire or lightning: lightning.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 1769 (Cott.) Fire slaght fell wit thoner and rain. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Laurentius 16 Alsa it has vertu..Fore to resyst agane fyre-slacht. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 60 The fyir slaucht vil consume the vyne. 1872 Tennant Papistry storm'd 24 As thunder on the fire-slacht's back. |