Definitions for slack water
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
slack′ wa′ter(n.)
a period when a body of water is between tides.
Category: Oceanography
water that is free of currents.
Category: Oceanography
Origin of slack water:
1760–70
Princeton's WordNet
slack, slack water(noun)
a stretch of water without current or movement
"suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"
slack water, slack tide(noun)
the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
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