SLAB
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Slab (?), n. [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.] 1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt.
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2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail.
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Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.
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Slab, a. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.] Thick; viscous. [Obs.]
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Make the gruel thick and slab.
Shak.
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Slab, n. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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