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Slackly :: Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.

Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..

Slack :: Slack (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell..

Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..

Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.

Bitt :: Bitt (v. t.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away..

Slake :: Slake (a.) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime..

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Slab :: Slab (n.) The slack part of a sail.

Slacking :: Slacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slacke.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

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

Quicklime :: Quicklime (a.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2..

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

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..

Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks..

Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

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