To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain Of this ill mansion.
Milton.
Air-slacked lime, lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence
of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted
into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime.
Slack"en (?), n. (Metal.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which
miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
[Written also slakin.]
Slack"ly, adv. In a slack manner. Trench.
Slack"ness, n. The quality or state of being slack.
Slade (?), n. [AS. sl&?;d.] 1. A little dell or valley; a flat piece of
low, moist ground. [Obs.] Drayton.