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Webster 1913 Edition
Slab
Slab
,Noun.
[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.
(Zool.)
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
,Adj.
[Cf. Gael. & Ir.
slaib
mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop
puddle.] Thick; viscous.
[Obs.]
Make the gruel thick and
slab
. Shakespeare
Slab
,Noun.
That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slab
SLAB
,Adj.
SLAB
, n.1.
A plane or table of stone; as a marble slab.2.
An outside piece taken from timber in sawing it into boards, planks, & c.3.
A puddle. [See Slop.]