I confess my shoes are hardly decent, but then I can make myself a pair at any time; and indeed I've been thinking I would for the last three months, as soon as a slack time came; but I've been far too busy as yet, and, as I don't go out much till after it's dusk, nobody sees them.

Elzevir was by my side and saw it too, and we both kept our feet and plunged forward through the quivering slack water; but then there came an awful thunder behind, the crash of the sea over the wreck, and we knew that another mountain wave was on our heels.

For several reasons trade was not what it had been, even for the slack season of summer it was poor.

"You ought to try the slack wire, too, when you get a chance," advised Benares.

The priest had got writing materials, and put a pen into the slack hand, with a block of letter-paper under it.

It is no easy matter to cut a slack rope with a small clasp knife, especially when the blade is none too sharp.

At that time no mortal mon hardly could walk through 'em 'beawt havin' a bit o' slack-jaw, or a lump o' clay or summat flung a-him.

"He's giving up the cricket, of course, unless he finds that it happens to be a slack day in the City," Sarah replied.

The improvements mentioned enable the machine to complete a stitch with one turn of the hookan important step in advance, when we consider that by the old method each length of slack thread must be tightened up solely through the fabric and the needle eye.

While the banqueters listened in the smoky room, there came a sullen, heavy sound, like a single stroke on a large and very slack bass-drum.

" The name of Dorn made a slack figure of the aggressive Neuman.

" This time she had found the right note: she knew it by the tightening of her father's slack muscles and the sudden straightening of his back.

Now?" The Maestro sat down beside Kirk The slack length of it flew suddenly aboard "PhilPhil!"

Nothing could ruffle Tacony, or produce one false step: he flew round the course, every stride like the ricochet of a 32lb. shot; his adversary broke-up again and again, losing both his temper and his place, and barely saved his distance, as the gallant Taconyhis rider with a slack rein, and patting him on the neckreached the winning-posttime, 2m. 25s.

The following is the explanation of an other slack thinker: "One may, by speaking or by writing, (and sometimes by motions,) communicate his thoughts to others.

(He puts the key on his bunch and goes out) MUSKERRY (muttering with slack lips and cheeks) It'sit'sthe paupauper's bed they've given me.

The background is a diagram of the forest as it might appear in springthe slack looseness of treatment befitting the freedom of conduct adumbrated by the verse.

It was great fun; but it had its slack moments, and in one of these Dab suddenly exclaimed, "The young black rascal!

Sunday morning at headquarters was apt to be a slack morning, with not much work to do; but in intervals of idleness one could always be certain of finding something of interest to see or hear in Steve's office.

Foot by foot his eyes followed its slack outline across the ground.

The action of the machine puts a strain on those parts of the plates which are not "bagged" or buckled, and this causes the surface to extend, the slack parts of the plate not being subject to the same stretching action.

Meanwhile, I shall expect that you will continue your loyal endeavours, in wishing those slack people that are about you, to appear more obedient than they do, and loyal in their prince's service; whereby I assure you, you shall find me ever 'Your faithful friend, 'MONTROSE[810].' 'Petty, 17 April, 1646.

To bed my Love; Hymen will punish us For being slack performers of his rites.

Ashok told me that since we were going through a slack period, he would teach me how to make fish tanks.

V. cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate^, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter, damp, slack quench; put out, stamp out; extinguish; go out, burn out (incombustibility) 388.1.