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Slack water   /slæk wˈɔtər/   Listen
Slack water

noun
1.
A stretch of water without current or movement.  Synonym: slack.
2.
The occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide.  Synonym: slack tide.





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"Slack water" Quotes from Famous Books



... calm and beautiful evening. Boyton sailing with a faint wind and in slack water. He has by this time crossed two tides. The flood up channel still. 8 P.M.—The ebb down channel to the Varne, being carried many miles north and south respectively by each, and is now in a fair way to reach England, being only four miles ...
— The Story of Paul Boyton - Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World • Paul Boyton


Words linked to "Slack water" :   stretch, slack, tide


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