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Slack water   /slæk wˈɔtər/   Listen
adjective
Slack  adj.  (compar. slacker; superl. slackest)  
1.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
2.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
3.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness."
4.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace."
Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.
Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.
Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.
Synonyms: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.





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"Slack water" Quotes from Famous Books



... calm and beautiful evening. Boyton sailing with a faint wind and in slack water. He has by this time crossed two tides. The flood up channel still. 8 P.M.—The ebb down channel to the Varne, being carried many miles north and south respectively by each, and is now in a fair way to reach England, being only four miles ...
— The Story of Paul Boyton - Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World • Paul Boyton


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