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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Slat \Slat\, n. [CF. Slot a bar.]
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats
of a window blind.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Slat \Slat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slatted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slatting.] [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.]
1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
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How did you kill him?
Slat[t]ed his brains out. --Marston.
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2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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3. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet Slat
n : a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: spline]
v 1: equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"
2: close the slats of (windows)
[also: slatting, slatted]

Moby Dictionary
Mystik tape , Scotch tape , adhesive tape , band , bandage , bang ,
batten , beam , belt , billet , board , boarding , bump , burst , bust ,
cellophane tape , clap , clapboard , clash , cloth tape , coat , coating ,
collop , cord , cordwood , covering , crack , crash , crump , cut , deal ,
disk , driftwood , fascia , feuille , fillet , film , firewood , flap ,
flop , foil , fold , friction tape , girdle , gruel , hardwood , knock ,
lamella , lamina , laminated glass , laminated wood , lap , lath ,
lathing , lathwork , leaf , ligula , ligule , list , log , lumber ,
masking tape , membrane , mere shadow , pane , panel , panelboard ,
paneling , panelwork , paper , patina , peel , pellicle , plait , plank ,
planking , plastic tape , plate , plating , ply , plyboard , plywood ,
pole , post , puncheon , rail , rake , rap , rasher , report , ribband ,
ribbon , safety glass , scum , shadow , shake , shaving , sheathing ,
sheathing board , sheet , sheeting , shingle , shred , sideboard ,
siding , skeleton , skin , slab , slam , slap , slice , slip , smack ,
softwood , soup , spill , splat , spline , splinter , stave , stick ,
stick of wood , stovewood , strake , strap , streak , strip , strop ,
swap , table , tablet , taenia , tap , tape , tape measure , tapeline ,
three-by-four , thwack , ticker tape , timber , timbering , timberwork ,
two-by-four , vein , veneer , wafer , weatherboard , whack , wham , whap ,
whomp , whop , wood