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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..

Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

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)..

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..

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

Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..

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

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime..

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

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