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Definitions for: Slab [n] block consisting of a thick piece of something
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it
into boards, planks, etc.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail.
Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen
haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. --Totten.
Slab, a. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river
strand, and E. slop puddle.]
Thick; viscous. [Obs.]
Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak.
Slab, n.
That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a
puddle. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
See Also: block, butcher block, butcher board, tablet, tile
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