slaert

A Middle English form of slayer. slag1 (slag), n. [ of the silicious and other mineral substances contained in the ore, and they vary greatly in character according to the nature of the ores and fluxes used. Blast-furnace slags are e entially silicates of lime and alumina, the alumina having usually been present in the ore, and the lime added (in the form of carbonate of lime) as a flux, or as a means of obtaining a slag sufficiently fluid to allow of the easy and complete separation from it of the reduced metal. The slag of iron-furnaces is frequently called cinder. Is burnt-out pa ion's slag and soot Fit soil to strew its dainty seeds on? Lowell, Arcadia Rediviva. 2. The scoria of a volcano. 5682 II. n. 1. Dirty or slabbery work.-2. The mixed refuse of a kitchen. [Scotch in all uses.] slait (slāt), n. [Formerly also slaight ; origin obscure.] 1. An accustomed run for sheep. Aubrey . Hence-2. A place to which a person is accustomed. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] slakel (slāk), v .; pret. and pp. slaked , ppr. slak ing . [( a ) Slake , intr., ME. slaken , sleken , slakien , sleacian , become slack or remi (in comp. asleacian ); (b) E. dial. slatch , tr., slekken , sleccan = OS. slekkian , quench, extinguish (cf. Icel. slökva , pp. slokinn , slake, Sw. släcka , Dan. slukke , quench, allay, slake); slæc , sleac , slack: see slack1 . Cf. slack1 , v ., a doublet of slakel .] I. in trans. 1t. To become slack; loosen; slacken; fall off. When the body's strongest sinews slake , Then is the soul most active, quick, and gay. Sir J. Davies , Immortal. of Soul, iii. 21. To be lax, remi , or negligent. Hit were to long, lest that I sholde slake Of thing that bereth more effect and charge. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 619. lava; or, if very openly cellular, volcanic scoria or slag. Dana, Manual of Geology (3d ed.), p. 727. Foreground black with stones and slags . Tennyson, Palace of Art.