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

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..

Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..

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

Slackly :: Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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