Defn: A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written also slakin.]
SLACKLY
Slack"ly, adv.
Defn: In a slack manner. Trench.
SLACKNESS
Slack"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being slack.
SLADE
Slade, n. Etym: [AS. sl.]
1. A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. The sole of a plow.
SLAG Slag, n. Etym: [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.]
1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.