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CircumnavigatingCircumnavigate Cir`cum*nav"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumnavigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating.] [L.
circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round;
circum + navigare to navigate.]
To sail completely round.
Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation Cir`cum*nav`i*ga"tion, n.
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. --Arbuthnot.
LevigatingLevigate Lev"i*gate (-g[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levigated
(-g[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Levigating.] [L.
levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. l[=e]vis
smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.]
To make smooth in various senses:
(a) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or
paste.
(b) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.
(c) To polish.
(d) To make smooth in action. `` When use hath levigated the
organs.' --Barrow.
(e) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist
condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments. NavigatingNavigate Nav"i*gate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Navigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Navigating.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t.
& i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See Nave, and
Agent.]
To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform
the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or
channel for commerce or communication; to sail.
The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the
Western Ocean. --Arbuthnot. Slack-water navigationSlack Slack, a. [Compar. Slacker; superl. Slackest.] [OE.
slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G.
schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[.r]j to let loose,
to throw. Cf. Slake.]
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a
slack rope.
2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton.
3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii.
9.
4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
business is slack. ``With slack pace.' --Chaucer.
C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack
southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton.
Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.
Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the
water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and
reflux of the tide.
Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of
which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a
dam or dams.
Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated;
diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.
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