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

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

Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

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

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 end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

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

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

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

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