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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slack \Slack\, a. [Compar. {Slacker}; superl. {Slackest}.] [OE. slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G. schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[.r]j to let loose, to throw. Cf. {Slake}.] Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope. [1913 Webster] 2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. [1913 Webster] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii. 9. [1913 Webster] 4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {Slack in stays} (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship. {Slack water}, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide. {Slack-water navigation}, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams. [1913 Webster] Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slack \Slack\, n. [Cf. {Slag}.] Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slack \Slack\, n. [Icel. slakki a slope on a mountain edge.] A valley, or small, shallow dell. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. t. 1. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage. --Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40) [1913 Webster] 2. To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Slack not the pressage. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime. [1913 Webster] 4. To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry. "Rancor for to slack." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I should be grieved, young prince, to think my presence Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms. --Addison. [1913 Webster] In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace. --South. [1913 Webster] With such delay Well plased, they slack their course. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease. [1913 Webster] To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain Of this ill mansion. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slack \Slack\, adv. Slackly; as, slack dried hops. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Slack From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. [1913 Webster] 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. [1913 Webster] 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. [1913 Webster] 4. To abate; to become less violent. [1913 Webster] Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. [1913 Webster] 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. [1913 Webster] 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Slack From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: slack adj 1: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" [syn: {loose}, {slack}] 2: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" 3: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: {lax}, {slack}] n 1: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve 2: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: {slump}, {slack}, {drop-off}, {falloff}, {falling off}] 3: a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" [syn: {slack}, {slack water}] 4: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: {mire}, {quagmire}, {quag}, {morass}, {slack}] 5: the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" [syn: {slack}, {slackness}] 6: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack" v 1: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle 2: be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention" 3: release tension on; "slack the rope" 4: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: {slack}, {slacken}, {slack up}, {relax}] 5: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up}, {slack}, {slacken}] 6: make less active or intense [syn: {slake}, {abate}, {slack}] 7: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: {abate}, {let up}, {slack off}, {slack}, {die away}] 8: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" [syn: {slack}, {slake}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: slack n. 1. Space allocated to a disk file but not actually used to store useful information. The techspeak equivalent is ?internal fragmentation?. Antonym: {hole}. 2. In the theology of the {Church of the SubGenius}, a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness. Since Unix files are stored compactly, except for the unavoidable wastage in the last block or fragment, it might be said that ?Unix has no slack?. See {ha ha only serious}.