![]() Of youth, whose hopes a nobler prey devour. Gave leave to slacken and unbend his cares, Here have I seen the king, when great affairs One conduces to the poet’s aim, which he is driving on in every line: the other slackens his pace, and diverts him from his way. Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.īalls of this metal slack’d Atlanta’s pace,Īnd on the am’rous youth bestow’d the race. ![]() The wise man’s cumbrance, if not snare more apt This doctrine must supersede and slacken all industry and endeavour, which is the lowest degree of that which hath been promised to be accepted by Christ and leave nothing to us to deliberate or attempt, but only to obey our fate.Įxtol not riches then, the toil of fools, You may sooner by imagination quicken or slack a motion, than raise or cease it as it is easier to make a dog go slower than make him stand still. With such delay well pleas’d, they slack their course. Ta’en for the state, and teach me slack no pace. ![]() Of a firm conscience which shall arm each step To remit for want of eagerness.Īre you, great pow’rs, and th’ unbated strength ![]() His present thirst, and matter find for toil. Indulgent, to all moons some succulent plantĪllow’d, that poor helpless man might slack Men, having been brought up at home under a strict rule of duty, always restrained by sharp penalties from lewd behaviour, so soon as they come thither, where they see laws more slackly tended, and the hard restraint, which they were used unto, now slacked, they grow more loose. Philips seems to have used it by mistake for slake. Taught nor to slack nor strain its tender strings.Īlexander Pope. Taught power’s due use to people and to kings, To turn or stop, as she them slacks or strains. This holds the sinews like a bridle’s reins, This makes the pulses beat, and lungs respire Had Ajax been employ’d, our slacken’d sails Relaxed weak not holding fast.įrom his slack hand the garland wreath’d for Eveĭown dropp’d, and all the faded roses shed. Not violent not rapid.Ī handful of slack dried hops spoil many pounds, by taking away their pleasant smell. That slack devotion should his thunder ’scape. Nor were it just, would he resume that shape, Seeing his soldiers slack and timorous, he reproved them of cowardice and treason. Thus much help and furtherance is more yielded, in that, if so be our zeal and devotion to Godward be slack, the alacrity and fervour of others serveth as a present spur. Remiss not diligent not eager not fervent. The vein in the arm is that which Aretæus commonly opens and he gives a particular caution in this case to make a slack compression, for fear of exciting a convulsion.Īrbuthn. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Įtymology: sleac, Saxon slaken, Islandick yslack, Welsh laxus, Latin. "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours"Ĭause to heat and crumble by treatment with water Slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken verbĪbate, let up, slack off, slack, die away verb "He slackened his pace as he got tired" "Don't relax your efforts now" "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable" "lax in attending classes" "slack in maintaining discipline" "the old man's skin hung loose and grey" "slack and wrinkled skin" "slack sails" "a slack rope"įlowing with little speed as e.g. "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"Ī cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"Ī soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot "the team went into a slump" "a gradual slack in output" "a drop-off in attendance" "a falloff in quality"Ī stretch of water without current or movement Slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off nounĪ noticeable deterioration in performance or quality Princeton's WordNet (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition:ĭust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
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