slakin

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slakin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slakin \Slak"in\, n. (Metal.)
     Slacken.
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  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.]
     [1913 Webster]