jan 1, 1638 - slack-trough

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A northern word for the water trough in which a smith cooled heated metal. It can be compared with ‘coltrough’ which has the same meaning in the Sheffield area: 1445 <i>unum stethy de ferro … unum slek trough</i>, York (SS30/116); 1613 <i>two vices the great steedye and the croked steedy … sleck troughes and other</i>, South Cave (Kaner248); 1638 <i>a stythie and a slecktrough and a nayle toole</i>, Elmswell (DW237). Slacking trough is a late alternative.

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