01 n. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.
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1.
A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.
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2.
An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
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3.
The wryneck.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
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4.
The slack part of a sail.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Slab line —
a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail.