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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slat  \Slat\,  n.  [CF.  {Slot}  a  bar.] 
  A  thin,  narrow  strip  or  bar  of  wood  or  metal;  as  the  slats 
  of  a  window  blind. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slat  \Slat\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slatted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slatting}.]  [OE.  slatten;  cf  Icel.  sletta  to  slap,  to  dab.] 
  1.  To  slap;  to  strike;  to  beat  to  throw  down  violently. 
  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Colloq.  U.S.] 
 
  How  did  you  kill  him?  Slat[t]ed  his  brains  out 
  --Marston. 
 
  2.  To  split;  to  crack.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  3.  To  set  on  to  incite.  See  3d  {Slate}.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slat 
  n  :  a  thin  strip  (wood  or  metal)  [syn:  {spline}] 
  v  1:  equip  with  slats;  "Slat  the  windows" 
  2:  bar  with  slats 
  3:  close  the  slats  of  (windows) 




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