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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1687
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Slakning, Slackning, vbl. n. [e.m.E. slakning (1593).] The action of relaxing (muscles). — 1687 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXVII 131.
Stand [at golf] … holding the muscles … stiffe, and not at all slackning them in the time you are bringing down the stroak 1687 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXVII 132.
You most make no halt or rest, which is a slakning of the muscles of the back, between the bringing back of the club and the bringing it forward
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