Slatch
Pronunciation : Slatch
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Slack.] (Naut.) (a) The period of a transitory breeze. (b) An interval of fair weather. (c) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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