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Slacken
Slack Slack, Slacken Slack"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked, Slackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.] [See Slack, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. 4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer.
Slacken
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.]

Meaning of Slackens from wikipedia

- In physics, tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object...
- 280 歓 歡 欠 15 S delight カン kan 281 監 皿 15 S oversee カン kan 282 緩 糸 15 S slacken カン、ゆる-い、ゆる-やか、ゆる-む、ゆる-める kan, yuru-i, yuru-yaka, yuru-mu, yuru-meru 283...
- warning. Upon failure of these internal plastic components, the timing chain slackens (becomes loose) and "skips time" by jumping teeth on upper cam shaft sprocket...
- "... a measure that was without precedent". Wellington, noticing the slackening of fire from La Haye Sainte, with his staff rode closer to it. French...
- knocked out ... in consequence the artillery fire of the defence had slackened considerably". The Bouvet struck a mine, causing her to capsize in two...
- which proved a near-accurate observation. Guerrilla operations, which slackened during the training phase, picked up after August. Economic and military...
- away, and they kept coming back," said Palmer. "We kept expecting them to slacken up, but they never did." In W**** 13, Palmer threw for a career high 382...
- Md Abidur Rahaman of CNN-IBN rated it 3.5 out of 5 and wrote: "The pace slackens post-intermission, plot contrivances are many, and you might say the film...
- than a squall, which lasts minutes. A gust may be followed by a lull (or slackening) in the wind speed. Generally, winds are least gusty over large water...
- But the director, Edward Zwick, is craftsman enough that the pace never slackens, the chase scenes thrill, and the battle scenes sicken. And if it makes...