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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