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Slack water   /slæk wˈɔtər/   Listen
adjective
Slack  adj.  (compar. slacker; superl. slackest)  
1.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
2.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
3.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness."
4.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace."
Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.
Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.
Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.
Synonyms: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.





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"Slack water" Quotes from Famous Books



... level, which they had been eagerly seeking, and towards the channel of the swollen river. The barge was first to feel its influence, and was hurried towards the river against the strongest efforts of its boatmen. One by one the other and smaller boats contrived to get into the slack water of crossing streets, and one was swamped before his eyes. But James Smith kept only the barge in view. His difficulty in following it was increased by his inexperience in managing a boat, and the quantity of drift which now charged the ...
— Openings in the Old Trail • Bret Harte
... has, or had, a fall of 10 feet the Chute a Blondeau a quarter of a mile with a fall of 4 feet and the Longue Sault six miles and a fall of 46 feet. Between the Carillon and Chute a Blondeau there is or was a slack water reach of three and a half miles, and between the latter and the foot of the Longue Sault a similar reach of one and a ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 • Various


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