Category:Slab

Slab, n. Etym: [oe. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally Meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, icel. sleipr slippery, And e. slip, v. i.]

1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, Having plane surfaces. Gwilt.

2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into Boards, planks, etc.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: the wryneck. [prov. Eng.]

4. (naut.)

Defn: the slack part of a sail. Slab line (naut.), a line or small Rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.

Slab Slab, a. Etym: [cf. Gael. & ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river Strand, and e. slop puddle.]

Defn: thick; viscous. [obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.

Slab Slab, n.

Defn: that which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a Puddle. [obs.] Evelyn.