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

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

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

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

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..

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..

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

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

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

Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Statable :: Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation..

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

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

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

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

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

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

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope..

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