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Teut. _slabber-en_, E. _to slabber_.

SLACK, _s._ An opening between hills.

V. ~Slak~.

* SLACK, _adj._

1. Slow, S. B.

2. Transferred to money, when payments are made slowly, S. B.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

3. Thinly occupied, regarding place, S.

4. Not trust-worthy; loose in conduct, S.

5. Reluctant to pay a debt, S.

A. S. _sleac_, Su. G. _slak_, remissus.

SLADE, SLAID, _s._ A hollow, a den, S. B.

_Douglas._

Isl. _slaed_, vallis; A. S. id. via in convallibus; Dan. _slet_, Isl. _sletta_, planities.

SLAE, SLA, _s._ The sloe, S.

_Lightfoot._

A. S. _sla_, Belg. _slee_, Germ. _schleh_, id.

SLAG, _s._ A portion of any soft substance lifted up from the rest, S.

B.

Isl. _slagi_, humiditas, _slagn-a_, humescere.

SLAG, SLOG, _s._ A gust.

_Maitland P._

Su. G. _slagg_, intemperies; Teut. _slegghe_, nebula.