† to-ˈslit, v. Obs.
[ME. to-slitte(n, f. to-2 + slitte(n, slit v.]
trans. To slit open, split.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 694 Ac ȝif þat he forlost his wit, Þonne is his red purs al toslit. c 1300 Seyn Julian (Ashm.) 146 Þe bones hi to slitte & þe marw out drowe. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16808 Many a baly scho ther rittes And many a scheld sche al to-sclittes. 14.. Sir Beues (M.) 520 There was no sarzin, that hym hitte, But he is body all to-slitt. |