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Show k SE 5 L "You may fooner by imagination quicken or flac # motion, than raife or ceafe it; as it is eafiex t Stac. #, / R Not only the calces but the glaffes of meta Bacon may be of differing colours fro This do&rine muft fuperfede and flacken ali indoftry and endeavour, which is the loweft degree o " that which hath been promifed to be accepted b Chrift; and leave nothing to us to deliberate o Hammond -\ attempt, but only to obey our fate Extol not riches then, the toil of fools lour of th . To relieve; to unbend Zo SvakEe muf Denbam it ftand till rain come From Iiilus' hea A lambent flame arofe, which gently fprea Around his brows, and on his temples fed Amaz'd, with running water we prepar To quench the facred fire, and flake his hair. Dryd The fragrant fruit from bending branches fhake And with the chryftal fiream their thirft at pleafur flake Blackmore's Creation Coarfe are his meals, the fortune of the chace Amidft the running fiream he flakes his thirft Addifsn's Cato and le the From thofe that fhe calls fervants, or from mine If then they chanc'd to flack ye We could controul them. Shake/peare's King Lear This good chance, that thus much favoureth He flacks not Daniel's Civil War Slack not the good prefage, while heav'n infpire ¥ 2. It is ufed of lime : fo that it is uncer tain whether the original notion of 7 Sack or flake lime, be to powder o quench it Our minds to dare, and gives the ready fires. b Dryden 210, To reprefs ; to make lefs quick or for That which he faw happened to be frefh lime and gathered before any rain had fallen to flake it cible 1 fhould be griev'd young prince, to think m prefenc Unbent your thoughts, and Jlacken'd 'em to arms Addifon /Suack. n /. [from the verb 7o flack. ~ Small coal; coal broken in fmall parts e as'/lac,éed lime turns so powder Sra'ckry. adv. [from flack. fi Loofe:ly; not tightly ; not clofely fi So flackly guarded, and the fearch fo flo Thlat could not trace them Shakefp. Cymbeline Sta‘cknEss. n./. [from flack. E Loofe.nefs; not tightnefs 2. Negligence ; inattention ; remiffnefs of God to b Hooker otme behind-hand flacknefs. Shak. Winter's Tale Whl'om man's effeminate facknefs it begins ¥y Wifdom, and {uperior gifts receiv'd 3 Want of tendency Milton's Paradife Loft i thn they have no difpofition to fhoot out abov vee" lips, there i a flackaefs to heal, and a cure i 1y difficultly effeted Sharp's Surgery P o 70 SvaxkEe. w. n. [This is apparentl from flack. 1. To grow lefs tenfe ; to be relaxed If the th Her ftrengt But whe Then is th e Wrgakne(s not force 3 not intenfenefs rough the flacknefs of motion, or long banith . ent from the airy it migh R gather fom body's nature did partake would with the body's ftrength decay the body's ftrongeft finews flake foul moft aétive, quick, and gay Dawies She perceiving that his flame did flake And lov'd her only for his trophy's fake. Brown Thaa king's children fhould be fo convey'd It concerneth the duty of the church by law t provide, that the loofenefs and Jacknefs of me Woodward 2. To go out; to be extinguifhed 2. Negligently; remifsly may not caufe the commandment unexecuted Thefe thy offices So_rarely kind, are as interpreter to extinguifh Crafbaw Why might not you, my lord, receive attendanc i Mr His fpirits,, the fparks of life, and chills his heart Mortimer's Hufbandry kzikg, To neglett to quench Shake[peare's Henry V1 She with her cold hand flake than flack it wher Shakefpeare to [lack the lime fpread them together Skinner It could not flake mine ire, nor eafe my heart of neceflit cover with afhes and thrice h Dryden He did always ftriv Himfelf with falves to health for to reftore And flake the heavenly fire that raged evermore Spenfer IfT digg'd up thy forefathers graves And hurig their rotten coffins up in chains 8, To crumble ; to deprive of the powe of cohefion Some unflacked lim Iflandick 1. To quench hold his virtue to you, whofe worthinefs would fti it up where it wanted, rathe ¢ there is fuch abundance th Ifaiahy 1xvi. 16 [from flack Lye. ., .7, Towithhold; to ufe lefs liberally He that fo generally is good abou Boyle w.a from Jflock Of youth, whofe hopes a nobler prey devour obferve The king grew vain Fought all his battles o'er again And thrice he routed all his foes flew the flain Gave leave to flacken and unbend his cares .. Attended to the chafe by all the flow' natural co The flain of the Lord fhall be many Here have I feen the king, when great affair 1ls. as I hav th Svare. u. /. A weaver's reed. Ainfworth Svain The participle paflive of /ay Milton Waller One conduces to the poet's aim, which he i driving on in every line: the other flackens hi Dryden pace, and diverts him from his way metal glafs or flag of copper " The wife man's cumbrance, if not fnare; more ap To flackex virtue, and abate her edge Than prompt her to do aught may merit praife Balls of this metal flack'd Atlanta's pace % And on the am'rous youth beftow'd the race The drofs or recrement o metal make a dog go flower than make him ftand fill 5 aptnef Brerewavd SvaM. v. a. [lema, Hlandick ; fchlagen Dutch. T flaughter to cruth word not ufed but in low converfation 7 SLA'NDER «.a Jeandalum, Latin. to belie [ e¢fclaundrie Fr To cenfure falfely Siander Valentin With falfehood, cowardice, and poor defcent Shake[peare He hath flandered thy fervant unto the king 2 Sam, xix.27 Give me leave to fpeak as earneftly in truly commending it, as you have done in untruly and unWhitgifte kindly defacing and flandering it Thou doft with lyes the throne invade By pra&ice harden'd in tby flandering trade Obtending heav'n for whate'er ills befall And fputt'ring under fpecious names they gall Dryden Of all her dears fhe never flander'd one Pope But cares not if'a thoufand are undone SLa'NDER. 7. /. [from the verb. 1. Falfe invetive " When flanders do not live in tongues When cut-purfes come not to throngs Shakefpeare's King Lear Since that, we hear he is in arms We think not fo Yet charge the conful with our harms That let him go So in our cenfurerof the ftat We ftill do wander And make the careful magiftrat The mark of flander B. Fonfon's Cataline We are not to be'dejected by the flanders an calumnies of bad men, becaufe our integrity fhal then be cleare by hi wh canno esr in judg ment WNelfon 2. Difgrace ; reproach Thou flander of thy heavy mother's womb Thou loathed iffue of thy father's loins Shakefpeare's Richard I1L 3. Difreputation ; ill name You thall not find me, daughter After the flunder of moft ftepmothers Ill-eyed unto you Shakefpeare SLA'NDERER. 2. /. [from flander.] On who belies another ; one who lays falf imputations on another In your fervants fuffer any offence againft yourfelf rather than againft God: endure not that the thould be railers or flanderers, telltales or fowers o diffenfion Tayler Thou fhalt anfwer for this, thou flanderer ! Dryd Sra'xDEROUS. adj. [from flander. 1. Uttering reproachful falfehoods What king fo ftron Can tie the gall up in the flanderous tongue ? Shak T me belong The care to fhun the blaft of fland'rous tongues Let malice, prone the virtuous to defame Thus with vile cenfure taint my fpotlefs name < Pope 2. Containing reproachful falfehoods; ca lumnious I was never able till now to choke the mout of fuch detradtors with the certain knowledge o their flanderous untruths Spenfer on Ireland We lay thefe honours on this man To eafe ourfelves of divers fland'rous loads Shakefpeare's Fulius Caefar As by flattery a man opens his bofom to hi mortal enemy, fo by detraction and a flandercu mifreport he fhuts the {fame to his beft friends South SLA'NDEROUSLY. adwv. [from [flanderous. Calumniouily ; with falfe reproach I may the better fatisfy the who objeét thef doubts, and flanderoufly bark at the courfes whic are held againf rents The How that the In perfon thei Srang that traiterous earl and his adheSpenfer on Ireland did flanderoufly obje&t durft not hazard to prefen defences Daniel's Ciwil War The preterite of fing David flang a ftone, and fmote the Philiftine 1 Sam. xvil SLANK. m. /. [alga marina. An herb Ain_/&uorté adj. [from flanghe, a fer SLANT SLA'NTING. § pent, Datch. Skinner. Oblique; not direét; not perpendicular Late the cloud Juftling, or pufh'd with winds, rude in their thock Tine the flant lightning; whofe thwart flame driv' dow Kindles the gummy bark of fir and pine. Milton The fu Around the globe defcribes th" zquator line By which wife means he can the whole furvey With a dire& or with a flanting ray, In the fucceflion of a night and day Blackmere Sva'~NTLY Qadv. [from fant. ObSva'wTwisk, § liquely; not perpendicularly ; flope Som |