Slakin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]