slain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slain	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slain adj killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon" n people who have been slain (as in battle)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slay \Slay\, v. t. [imp. {Slew}; p. p. {Slain}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaying}.] [OE. slan, sl[?]n, sleen, slee, AS. sle[a0]n to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[be], D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[be], Dan. slaae, Sw. sl[?], Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. [?][?][?][?], E. lacerate. Cf. {Slaughter}, {Sledge} a hammer, {Sley}.] To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. With this sword then will I slay you both. --Chaucer. I will slay the last of them with the sword. --Amos ix. 1. I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --Shak. Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.