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Slat   /slæt/   Listen
noun
Slat  n.  A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.


verb
Slat  v. t.  (past & past part. slatted; pres. part. slatting)  
1.
To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently. (Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.) "How did you kill him? Slat(t)ed his brains out."
2.
To split; to crack. (Prov. Eng.)
3.
To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Slat" Quotes from Famous Books



... slats at the ends, and the nail heads were then filed off so that the projecting ends formed trunnions for the slats to turn on. The slats were linked to a connecting rod with double point tacks. A small double point tack was driven into the upper edge of each slat about 1/2 inch from the right hand end. Then through each of these tacks we hooked a second double point tack and drove it into the rod. The tacks on the rod were placed just 2 inches apart. A substantial frame was then made of 3/4-inch stuff 1-1/2 inches wide. The frame was square, with an opening ...
— The Scientific American Boy - The Camp at Willow Clump Island • A. Russell Bond
... shoemaker's last, made of two pieces of wood separated by a thin slat which can be removed, permitting easy withdrawal of the quiver after drying. When dry, your quiver will be about twenty-two inches deep, four inches across ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope
... Street to a certain bench in Lafayette Square, where, according to appointment, he hoped to rejoin a pal known as "Slick," this adventurous pilgrim having preceded him by one day in a cattle-car into which a loose slat ...
— Roads of Destiny • O. Henry
... ma belt she caught on de crack between de slat of dat settee. And when I fight all dat bobcat dat jomp on maself, ba gee! it was de settee dat fall on me and I fight dat all over de floor. Dat's all! Oh yes! Dey ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day
... will lean towards antiques. Further, those that look best in the 18th or early 19th century farm cottage are not necessarily expensive. Simple pine pieces, made by the village cabinet-maker or, sometimes, by an ingenious farmer in his leisure hours; Windsor and slat-back chairs; low four-post beds; trestle or tuckaway tables; even an occasional Victorian piece; all, if on simple lines, fit into such a house ...
— If You're Going to Live in the Country • Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley


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