Webster's Dictionary 1913

5806

Slack (4)

Slack (?), adv. Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

5807

Slack (5)

Slack, n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

5808

Slack (6)

{ Slack (?), Slack″en (?), } v. i. [imp. & p. p.Slacked (?), Slackened (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Slacking, Slackening.] [See Slack, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm...

5809

Slack (7)

{ Slack, Slack″en, } v. t. 1. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage. Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40)2. To neglect; to be remiss in. Sha...

5810

Slacken (3)

Slack″en (?), n.(Metal.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written also slakin.]

5811

Slackly

Slack″ly, adv. In a slack manner. Trench.

5812

Slackness

Slack″ness, n. The quality or state of being slack.

5813

Slade

Slade (?), n. [AS. sl�d.] 1. A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground. Drayton.2. The sole of a plow.

5814

Slag

Slag (?), n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recremen...

5815

Slag (2)

Slag (?), n.(Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than...

5816

Slag (3)

Slag, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.Slagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slagging.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.

5817

Slaggy

Slag″gy (?), a. Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.

5818

Slaie

Slaie (?), n. [See Sley.] A weaver's reed; a sley.

5819

Slake

Slake (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slaking.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.] 1. To allay; to quen...

5820

Slake (2)

Slake, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. “His flame did slake.” Sir T. Browne.2. To abate; to become less decided. Shak.3. To slacken; to become relaxed. “When the body's s...

5821

Slakeless

Slake″less, a. Not capable of being slaked.

5822

Slakin

Slak″in (?), n.(Metal.) Slacken.

5823

Slam

Slam (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slamming.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. slamra, slambra, sl�ma, Norw. slemba, slemma, dial. Sw. slämma.] 1. To shut with...

5824

Slam (2)

Slam, v. i. To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.

5825

Slam (3)

Slam, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam. Dickens.3. (Card Playing) Winning all...

5826

Slam (4)

Slam (?), n.(Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam).

5827

Slam-bang

Slam″–bang′ (?), adv. With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.

5828

Slamkin

{ Slam″kin (?), Slam″mer‐kin (?), } n. [Cf. G. schlampe, schlamp, dim. schlämpchen; schlampen to dangle, to be slovenly in one's dress.] A slut; a slatternly woman.

5829

Slander

Slan″der (?), n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ��� a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the...

5830

Slander (2)

Slan″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slandering.] 1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation o...

5831

Slanderer

Slan″der‐er (?), n. One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. Jer. Taylor.

5832

Slanderous

Slan″der‐ous (?), a. 1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. “Slanderous tongue.” Shak.2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches,...