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Slat

//slæt// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

    "slats of a window blind"

  2. 2
    a thin strip (wood or metal) wordnet
  3. 3
    A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
  4. 4
    A ski. slang

    "I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on."

  5. 5
    A thin piece of stone; a slate.
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  1. 6
    A drop (of rain or water), a splash.

    "[…] slats of rain broke upon the surface."

Verb
  1. 1
    To construct or provide with slats.
  2. 2
    close the slats of (windows) wordnet
  3. 3
    To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.

    "Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?"

  4. 4
    equip or bar with slats wordnet
  5. 5
    To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.

    "[…] a nudge o' kissing-crust After thy leeky broth: I've warmed thy porridge on tha trivet, Jimmy, zay prayers avore 'e have it, And doant 'e slat tha clath."

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  1. 6
    To fall; to beat (against something).

    "[…] sending solid grey water slatting against her wheelhouse windows."

  2. 7
    To split; to crack. British, dialectal

    "Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces."

  3. 8
    To set on; to incite.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat.

Etymology 2

From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat.

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