Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slakin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slacken \Slack"en\, n. (Metal.)
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters
mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written
also {slakin}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slakin \Slak"in\, n. (Metal.)
Slacken.
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