slab

-1 n. பாளம், இழைப்புத்தட்டம், மரக்கட்டையறுப்பம், சிலாத்துண்டம், (வினை.) பாளமாக்கு, தட்டப்படுத்து, சிலைத்துணுக்கறு.-2 a. களிபோன்ற, நீர்ம வகையில் கெட்டியாய் ஒட்டிக்கொள்ளுந் தன்மையுள்ள, பசைக்களியான.

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Slab, n. Etym: [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. 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. (Zoöl.) Defn: The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Naut.) Defn: 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. Slab, a. Etym: [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.] Defn: Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak. Slab, n. Defn: That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn. Slab, n. Etym: [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. 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. (Zoöl.) Defn: The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Naut.) Defn: 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. Slab, a. Etym: [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.] Defn: Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak. Slab, n. Defn: That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.

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