slack water
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Noun (2)
- a stretch of water without current or movement“suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless”Synonyms: slackType of stretch
- the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tideSynonyms: slack tideType of tide
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Slack water
the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.
From the entry Slack.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54