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SLATTING
SLAT
slat
(verb) close the slats of (windows)
slat
(verb) equip or bar with slats; “Slat the windows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
slatting
present participle of slat
Noun
slatting (plural slattings)
An arrangement of slats.
The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail when being hauled down.
Anagrams
• sattling
Source: Wiktionary
Slat"ting,
Definition: Slats, collectively.
Slat"ting, n.
Definition: The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.
SLAT
Slat, n. Etym: [CF. Slot a bar.]
Definition: A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.
Slat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slatting.] Etym: [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.]
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. Marston.
2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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