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  • 81Slacken — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in… …

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  • 82Slackened — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in… …

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  • 83Slackening — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in… …

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  • 84Slacking — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in… …

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  • 85Source — Source, n. [OE. sours, OF. sourse, surse, sorse, F. source, fr. OF. sors, p. p. of OF. sordre, surdre, sourdre, to spring forth or up, F. sourdre, fr. L. surgere to lift or raise up, to spring up. See {Surge}, and cf. {Souse} to plunge or swoop… …

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  • 86Geoffrey Chaucer — Chaucer redirects here. For other uses, see Chaucer (disambiguation). Geoffrey Chaucer …

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  • 87Love's Labour's Lost — Title page of the first quarto (1598) Love s Labour s Lost is one of William Shakespeare s early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid 1590s, and first published in 1598. Contents 1 …

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  • 88Thomas Churchyard — (c. 1520 ndash; 1604), English author, was born at Shrewsbury, the son of a farmer.LifeHe received a good education, and, having speedily dissipated at court the money with which his father provided him, he entered the household of Henry Howard,… …

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  • 891597 in music — Events Publications Music*John Dowland The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Partes *Giovanni Gabrieli Sacrae Symphoniae , Book 1 *George Kirbye The first set Of English Madrigalls, to 4. 5. 6. voyces *Orazio Vecchi ** Canzonette a3 ** L… …

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  • 90Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk — Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG (August 13, 1584 ndash; June 3, 1640) was an English nobleman and politician. Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife… …

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