slabbiness

[English slabby: -ne .] The quality or state of being slabby; muddine , slime, filth. "The way was also here very wearisome, through dirt and slabbine ."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. slăb-bing, adj . [Eng. slab: -ing .] Capable of or fit for forming slabs; as, a slabbing machine, or good slabbing timber. slăb-by, a. [Eng. slab, a.; -y.] 1. Thick, viscous. IMG:content-1559.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Not drawn tight; not tense; not firmly extended; loose. "He gives a particular caution, in this case, to make a slack compre ion, for fear of exciting a convulsion."Arbuthnot. *2. Weak, relaxed; not holding fast or tight. "From his slack hand the garland wreath'd for Eve Down dropp'd." Milton: P. L., ix. 892. 3. Not using due diligence; remi , backward; not zealous, eager, or fervent. "I will not be slack to play my part." Shakesp: Henry VI., Pt . II ., 1. 2. *4. Not violent; not moving rapidly; slow. "With slake paas."- Chaucer: C. T., 2,903. 5. Not busy; not fully occupied; dull; not brisk; as, Busine is slack , a slack time. B. As adv .: In a slack manner; insufficiently. 3713 slack-baked, adj. Imperfectly baked; hence, crude. "Who stigmatize as hopele ly dull the simple plots, homely dialogue, and slack - baked jocularities."-London Daily Telegraph. slack-course, s . Knitting-machine: A range of loops or stitches more open than those which precede them. slack-jaw, subst . Impertinent language; impudence. ( Stang .)