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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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

Slab :: Slab (n.) The slack part of a sail.

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

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

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

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.

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

Slack :: Slack (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops..

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

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

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..

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