slack

• The question is, will it hold The test was soon applied, for he drew the rope in slowly, till the slack was all gathered in, tightened it more and more, and the loop glided off the projection and fell If at first you don't succeed--eh, Saxe? —  The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps
• Then the line hung slack, and the last fathom was drawn on board by the sailor, while the mate went down on his knees and examined the slight planking of the boat to make sure that it was not stove in Oh!" —  Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy
• Another was flung to Moses, who also caught it and held on-- slack. —  Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
• What sailors would call the slack of these heavy fetters was gathered up in one of the wearer's hands, and thus carried while he moved about at work The poor fellow was first set to work on a piece of road-mending just outside the city gate, with several others--martyrs and criminals--in similar condemnation. —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
• It had hung a little slack, but all at once this slack was jerked up as though some one had pulled the cord. —  Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy

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