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slabbest

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slab

2  [slab]
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–adjective Scot. and North England.
thick; viscous.
Origin:
1595–1605; appar. < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw slabb mire, Icel slabba to wade in mud
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slab 
c.1290, of unknown origin, possibly related to O.Fr. escalpe "thin fragment of wood," which seems to be a Gaulish loan word (cf. Bret. scolp, Welsh ysgolp "splinter, chip"). But OED rejects this on formal grounds. Meaning "rectangular block of pre-cast concrete used in building" is from 1927.
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