SKYRIN, sk[=i]'rin, _adj._ (_Scot._) shining, showy.
SLAB, slab, _n._ a thin slip of anything, esp. of stone, having plane
surfaces: a piece sawed from a log.--_v.t._ to cut slabs from, as a
log.--_adj._ SLAB'-SID'ED, having long flat sides, tall and lank.--_n._
SLAB'STONE, flagstone. [Scand., Ice. _sleppa_, to slip, Norw. _sleip_, a
slab of wood.]
SLAB, slab, _adj._ thick.--_n._ mud.--_adj._ SLAB'BY, muddy. [Celt., Ir.,
and Gael. _slaib_, mud.]
SLABBER, slab'[.e]r, _v.i._ to slaver: to let the saliva fall from the
mouth: to drivel.--_v.t._ to wet with saliva.--_n._ SLABB'ERER.--_adj._
SLABB'ERY.--_n._ SLABB'INESS.--_adj._ SLABB'Y. [Allied to Low Ger. and Dut.
_slabbern_; imit. Doublet _slaver_.]
SLACK, slak, _adj._ lax or loose: not firmly extended or drawn out: not
holding fast, weak: not eager or diligent, inattentive: not violent or
rapid, slow.--_adv._ in a slack manner: partially: insufficiently.--_n._
that part of a rope, belt, &c. which is slack or loose: a period of
inactivity: a slack-water haul of a net.--_vs.i._ SLACK, SLACK'EN, to
become loose or less tight: to be remiss: to abate: to become slower: to
fail or flag.--_v.t._ to make less tight: to loosen: to relax: to remit: to
abate: to withhold: to use less liberally: to check: (_B._) to
delay.--_v.t._ SLACK'-BAKE, to half-bake.--_adj._--SLACK'-HAND'ED,
remiss.--_n._ SLACK'-JAW (_slang_), impudent talk.--_adv._ SLACK'LY.--_n._
SLACK'NESS.--_adj._--SLACK'-SALT'ED, insufficiently salted.--_n._
SLACK'-WA'TER, ebb-tide: slow-moving water, as that above a dam.--_adj._
pertaining to slack-water.--SLACK AWAY, to ease off freely; SLACK-IN-STAYS,
slow in going about, of a ship; SLACK OFF, to ease off; SLACK UP, to ease
off: to slow. [A.S. _sleac_; Sw. _slak_, Ice. _slakr_.]