a. Destructive; murderous. Shak. M. Arnold. --
n. [ OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slātr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Onslaught. ] The act of killing. Specifically:
On war and mutual slaughter bent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
Savagely slaughtered. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who slaughters. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house where beasts are butchered for the market. [ 1913 Webster ]
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