Meaning of SLAT
| Pronunciation: | | slat
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- [n] a thin strip (wood or metal)
- [v] close the slats of (windows)
- [v] bar with slats
- [v] equip with slats; "Slat the windows"
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| | Synonyms: | | spline |
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| | See Also: | | bar, close, fin, furnish, lag, lath, louver, louvre, provide, render, shut, splat, stave, strip, supply, Venetian blind | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Slat\, n. [CF. {Slot} a bar.]
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}.] [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.]
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