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Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

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..

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

Efficient :: Efficient (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power..

Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..

Unslaked :: Unslaked (a.) Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime..

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

Surgeful :: Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan)..

Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..

Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..

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..

Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

Slacked :: Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of Slacke.

Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

Slack :: Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacke.

Lime :: Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc..

Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..

Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..

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