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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  be  remiss  or  backward;  to  be  negligent. 
 
  3.  To  lose  cohesion  or  solidity  by  a  chemical  combination 
  with  water;  to  slake;  as  lime  slacks. 
 
  4.  To  abate;  to  become  less  violent. 
 
  Whence  these  raging  fires  Will  slacken,  if  his 
  breath  stir  not  their  flames.  --Milton. 
 
  5.  To  lose  rapidity;  to  become  more  slow;  as  a  current  of 
  water  slackens. 
 
  6.  To  languish;  to  fail  to  flag. 
 
  7.  To  end  to  cease;  to  desist;  to  slake.  [Obs.] 
 
  That  through  your  death  your  lineage  should  slack. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  They  will  not  of  that  firste  purpose  slack. 
  --Chaucer.




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