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Slab vs Footing - What's the difference?

slab | footing |

As nouns the difference between slab and footing

is that slab is (archaic) mud, sludge or slab can be (southern us|slang) a car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and any other accessories that add to the style of the vehicle while footing is a ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

As verbs the difference between slab and footing

is that slab is to make something into a slab while footing is .

As an adjective slab

is thick; viscous.

slab

English

(wikipedia slab)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sclabbe, slabbe, of origin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) Mud, sludge.
  • * 1664 , , Sylva, Or A Discourse of Forest Trees , Volume 1,
  • Some do also plant oziers in their eights, like quick-sets, thick, and (near the water) keep them not more than half a foot above ground; but then they must be diligently cleansed from moss, slab , and ouze, and frequently prun'd (especially the smaller spires) to form single shoots;.
  • A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
  • * 1859 , John Lang, Botany Bay, or, True Tales of Early Australia , page 155,
  • There were no windows in the inn. They were not required, since the interstices between the slabs suffered the wind, the rain, and the light of day to penetrate simultaneously.
  • * 1913 , , 2008, page 14,
  • Then there was the Mexican who sold big slabs of chewing taffy for five cents each.
  • * 2010 , Ryan Humphreys, The Flirtations of Dan Harris , page 73,
  • “The pier? You mean those few sodden logs tied together and that dingy slab of rough concrete.”
  • A paving stone; a flagstone.
  • (Australia) A carton containing twenty-four cans of beer.
  • * 2001 , , Gallipoli , page 8,
  • The Australians murder a few slabs of beer and the New Zealanders murder a few vowels.
  • * 2008 , Diem Vo, Family Life , Alice Pung (editor), page 156,
  • However, unlike in Ramsay Street, there were never any cups of tea or bickies served. Instead, each family unit came armed with a slab of beer.
  • * 2010 , Holly Smith, Perth, Western Australia & the Outback , Hunter Publishing, unnumbered page,
  • Common 375-ml cans are called tinnies, and can be bought in 24-can slabs for discounted prices.
  • * 2009 , Ross Fitzgerald, Trevor Jordan, Under the Influence: A History of Alcohol in Australia , 2011, unnumbered page,
  • One essential part of the strategy for selling regionally identified beers beyond their borders was the selling of slabs — a package of four six-packs of stubbies or cans — for discounted prices interstate.
  • An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
  • A bird, the wryneck.
  • (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
  • (slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile or Cadillac.
  • (surfing) A very large wave.
  • * 2009 , Bruce Boal, The Surfing Yearbook , SurfersVillage, page 31,
  • After being towed into a massive slab , Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.
  • * 2011 , Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide , page 95,
  • In August 2000 he successfully rode a slab of unfathomable power at Teahupo?o.
  • (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
  • Derived terms
    * slab hut * slab on grade

    Verb

    (slabb)
  • To make something into a slab.
  • Etymology 2

    Compare Gaelic & Irish (slaib), mud, mire left on a river strand, and English .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • thick; viscous
  • * Shakespeare
  • Make the gruel thick and slab .
    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 3

    Acronym of Slow]], Loud And [[banging, Bangin'.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and any other accessories that add to the style of the vehicle.
  • Slim thug - wood grain wheel - You ain't riding slab if them ain't swangas on ya ride.
  • * 2005 , :
  • Pull me over, try to check my slab
  • * 2006 , :
  • I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left
  • * 2012 , Bobby Austin, By All Mean$ , AuthorHouse (2012), ISBN 9781468542943, page 56:
  • All three of them recognized who the Lexus'(sic) belonged to so he parked his slab and they cocked their guns.
    Usage notes
    This term been popularized through the southern rap genre of hip-hop, most notably by rappers such as Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Lil' Keke, and others.

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    footing

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
  • * Holder
  • In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.
  • A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his mannermade him a favorite.
  • A relative condition; state.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.
  • A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
  • A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vii:
  • The Monster swift as word, that from her went, / Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace.
  • *, I.38:
  • A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.
  • stability or balance when standing on one's feet
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal , passage=Terry lost his footing to allow Van Persie to race clear for Arsenal's fourth after 85 minutes before the Netherlands striker completed a second treble against Chelsea by hammering his third past Petr Cech deep into stoppage time.}}
  • The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
  • * Francis A. Corliss, Supreme Court, County of New York (p.111)
  • The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.
  • The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
  • A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
  • The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
  • (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
  • (accounting) Double checking the numbers vertically.
  • Derived terms

    * footing beam * footing course * pay one's footing

    Verb

    (head)
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