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English Dictionary: Slat by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slat
n
  1. a thin strip (wood or metal)
    Synonym(s): slat, spline
v
  1. equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"
  2. close the slats of (windows)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slat \Slat\, n. [CF. {Slot} a bar.]
      A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats
      of a window blind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]
  
                     How did you kill him? Slat[t]ed his brains out.
                                                                              --Marston.
  
      2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      3. To set on; to incite. See 3d {Slate}. [Prov. Eng.]
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