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

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

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

Slackness :: Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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..

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

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

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..

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

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

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