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Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

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..

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)..

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

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

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