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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 (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..

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

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

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

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

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

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..

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime..

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

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

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..

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

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