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Webster 1913 Edition


Slat

Slat

,
Noun.
[CF.
Slot
a bar.]
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal;
as, the
slats
of a window blind
.

Slat

,
Verb.
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Slat

SLAT

,
Noun.
[This is doubtless the sloat of the English dictionaries. See Sloat.] A narrow piece of board or timber used to fasten together larger pieces; as the slats of a cart or a chair.