Slaughter-house
A slaughter-house — where killing is the trade — often touches being feared more than loved, a private drain on business, and unkind insinuations. The dream may ask where something brutal and concealed is bleeding away your resources, and whether the fear you inspire in someone close has crowded out the love it should hold.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for slaughter-house, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of a slaughter-house, denotes that you will be feared more than loved by your sweetheart or mistress. Your business will divulge a private drain, and there will be unkind insinuations.
[209] See Butcher.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of being in an empty slaughter-house, shows that you are in danger, but can avoid it by precaution. To see animals slaughtered is a good sign, if the blood flow freely; if the blood does not flow, you will meet with some accident.