Slab
Slab , noun
[Old English slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icelandic sleipr slippery, and English slip, v. i.]
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.
(Zoology) The wryneck. [Provincial English]
4.
(Nautical) The slack part of a sail.
Collocations (1)
Slab line (Nautical) , a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. — Totten
Slab , adjective
[Compare Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and English slop puddle.]
Thick; viscous. [Obsolete]
Make the gruel thick and slab.
Slab , noun
That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obsolete] — Evelyn