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

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

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand..

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..

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

Slack :: Slack (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell..

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 neglect; to be remiss in.

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

Lime :: Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc..

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

Unslacked :: Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime..

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)..

Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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