The part of a rope or sail that hangs loose.
♦ To slack, is to decrease in tension or velocity; as, "Slack the laniard of our main-stay;" or "The tide slackens."
·adv Slackly; as, slack dried hops. II. Slack ·noun A valley, or small, shallow dell. III. Slack ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
If the ship is too much by the stern, she will carry her helm too much a-lee. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
, or slacken! The order to ease away the rope or tackle by which anything is held fast; as, "Slack...
The interval between the flux and reflux of the tide, as between the last of the ebb and first of th...
Slow in going about. Also applied to a lazy man. ...
Doing nothing. (See eyelids.) ...