slat the windows. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A bed slat, which is a powerfully strong moral agent for making a boy see the error of his ways. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."] Reference
Stumpy had nothing to do but pull them in and "slat" them off as fast as they could. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock] Reference
They laughed, of course, and remarked each to the other, "Brown, you're getting a 'slat' to-night.". From Wordnik.com. [The Light of the Star A Novel] Reference
He was a tall, slat-thin man with a kind-looking face. From Wordnik.com. [A World Called Crimson] Reference
The old slat-coops were not half so comfortable as these. From Wordnik.com. [Friends and Helpers] Reference
Shades may be altered by pear-lash, common slat, or wine. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
There were several slat cars attached to the great engine. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
I broke through the roof with a bed slat and pulled them in. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
He unfolded a wood slat chair, brushed dust from his trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
Jim slat the fish disgustedly off, and he sculled slowly downward. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
And now, just to wipe the slat clean, he's going to clean my teeth. From Wordnik.com. [A day in the life] Reference
Too many flocks struggled, slat-ribbed and gaunt, with staring coats. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
At this time you will need to put up slat supports to tie the buds to. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
At the top was a tiny room with wood slat windows and an old iron bell. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty] Reference
They were called 'slats', and this grade of iron was known as 'slat iron'. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Nail a slat to the north side of an upper window -- the higher the better. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
Place the table so that the star shall be seen very near the slat in the window. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
In one corner was my two-by six foot bamboo slat bed for the next several months. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
Mal shook his head and turned his chair around, steno pad braced on the top slat. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
Place the plants on racks or in slat boxes so the air may circulate freely through them. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Padding to the front windows, she tilted one slat of the thin blinds and peeked through. From Wordnik.com. [Shiver]
I stepped into an entry hall containing a pair of slat-backed oak benches and nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
This, the wood slat bed and the thin mat the Vietnamese say the American prisoners slept on. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2008] Reference
MANER: Boeing has already acknowledged four previous incidents when the slat nut came loose. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2007] Reference
The back of the drawer is a thick board, upon which is screwed, on the lower side, a thin slat. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
The dunes leveled out and he bashed the truck through a slat fence, emerging onto a narrow road. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
So she crept across the floor, and took the bag from off the end of the bamboo slat on which it hung. From Wordnik.com. [Philippine Folk-Tales] Reference
A small double point tack was driven into the upper edge of each slat about 1/2 inch from the right hand end. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference
A few hours after we spent the day with the Thompsons, Mel got his finger stuck in a slat in his garage door. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2008] Reference
The Federal Aviation Administration reported loose parts had been found in the wing slat area of two more 737s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2007] Reference
Emptying the drawer of its contents, he turned it over, and, to his great delight, perceived the slat as described in the letter. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
At last, the very last slat was raised; and then, in a moment, the mocking bird flew up, up, up into the maple tree, and Lindsay and. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Stories] Reference
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