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Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..

Rake :: Rake (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue..

Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

Picker :: Picker (n.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Conceptacle :: Conceptacle (n.) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles..

Kaleidoscope :: Kaleidoscope (n.) An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design..

Release :: Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance..

Cloud :: Cloud (n.) A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head..

Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..

Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

Raglan :: Raglan (n.) A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general..

Shalloon :: Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff..

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow..

Baggily :: Baggily (adv.) In a loose, baggy way..

Dishevel :: Dishevel (v. t.) To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

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