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Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..

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..

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

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

Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

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

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

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.

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

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..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

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

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

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

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack..

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

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

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