Slat (?), n. [CF. Slot a bar.]
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.
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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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