Slatting

5 definitions found

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

  Slat \Slat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Slatting}.] [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.]
     1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
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              How did you kill him?
              Slat[t]ed his brains out.             --Marston.
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     2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     3. To set on; to incite. See 3d {Slate}. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slatting \Slat"ting\,
     Slats, collectively.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slatting \Slat"ting\, n.
     The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in
     the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slat
       n : a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: {spline}]
       v 1: equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"
       2: close the slats of (windows)
       [also: {slatting}, {slatted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slatting
       See {slat}