Slaughter, subst. 1) the act of slaying or killing: Lucr. 955. Merch. IV, 1, 134. H5 II, 2, 170. R3 IV, 4, 209. Caes. V, 1, 55. Mcb. IV, 3, 227. Hml. V, 2, 393. Lr. I, 4, 342 (should sure to the s., if my cap would buy a halter). Per. IV Prol. 40. IV, 3, 2. With an objective genitive: “Priam's s.” Hml. II, 2, 469. “for s. of my son,” H6C II, 5, 105. R3 IV, 4, 142. Cymb. V, 5, 72. “to do s.:” R3 I, 2, 88 “(upon).” II, 1, 122. IV, 4, 139. “made the s.” H6B III, 2, 190. Per. IV, 4, 37 (on).
2) great destruction of life, massacre: John II, 349. III, 1, 237. H6A I, 1, 59. V, 4, 161. H6C V, 6, 59. Troil. V, 3, 12. Cymb. V, 3, 20 (to commit). With “of:” John II, 323. H6A V, 4, 103. “ha' done this s.” H5 IV, 7, 7. “great the s. is here made by the Roman,” Cymb. V, 3, 78.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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