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sleck-trough Now dial. [sleck v.1] = slack-trough.1716 T. Ward Eng. Ref. 38 One who Anointed Had never been, unless his Dad Had in the Sleck-trough wash'd the Lad. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Sleck-trough, the trough containing the water in which smiths cool their iron and temper steel. 1863 in Robso...
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slack-trough
slack-trough [f. slack v.] A water-trough in which a blacksmith cools heated metal. (Cf. slake- and sleck-trough.)1854 A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Slack-trough, the trough which is used for quenching the iron in a blacksmith's shop. 1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Rec. Ser. iii. 285/2 Lay rod on edge...
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