Lexic.us

Definition of Slack water

1. Noun. A stretch of water without current or movement. "Suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"

2. Noun. The occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slack Water

slabbery slabbier slabbiest slabbiness slabbing slabby slablike slabs slack slack-jawed

slack off slack suit slack tide slack tub slack up slack water (current term) slackard slackards slackcom slackcoms

slacked slacken slacken off slackened slackener slackeners slackening slackens slacker slackerdom

Literary usage of Slack water

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the United States of America: Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1913)
"The first faint omen of success in Clinton's enterprise had stirred other States to prosecuting the work of slack- water improvements. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1906)
"Since that time the project of slack-water navigation of the " Mountain Section ... In 1900 the government engineers reported on a system of slack-water ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Monongahela River is to be made navigable for 130 miles above its mouth by the construction of 15 locks and dams to afford slack-water navigation from ..."

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