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

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

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

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)..

Air-slacked :: Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime..

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

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

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..

Foreslack :: Foreslack (v. t.) See Forslack.

Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.

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

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

Slack :: Slack (a.) Alt. of Slacke.

Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

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

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

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

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

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

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