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

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

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

Slackness :: Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.

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

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

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

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

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

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..

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..

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

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

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

Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..

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

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

Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..

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