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A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.

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  1. n. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.
  2. n. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
  3. n. The wryneck.
  4. n. The slack part of a sail.
  5. a. Thick; viscous.
  6. n. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.
  7. n. block consisting of a thick piece of something
  8. 1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt. 2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc. 3. (Zoöl.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten. Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  9. The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
  10. n:100 n. block consisting of a thick piece of something