(a) Of persons: indolent, lazy, lax; negligent, remiss; slow (to do sth.); slak and slou (slewful), slou and slak; slak in (to), negligent of (a duty); slak of bileve, of weak, uncertain faith; (b)……
(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte latthe [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) latthe……
As dem. adj., pointing to a person or thing: that…over there, that; also, those…over there, those: (a) with noun only; the (that, tho) yonder;
(b) with intervening adj.
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(a) Naut. A timber used at the stem of a ship; stampne lok (lokere), ?a timber of fastening device used to secure the stem of a ship; stampne pece, a piece of timber that forms the stem; (b) the stem……
