Slab vs Footing - What's the difference?
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(archaic) Mud, sludge.
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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 ,
* 1913 , , 2008,
* 2010 , Ryan Humphreys, The Flirtations of Dan Harris ,
A paving stone; a flagstone.
(Australia) A carton containing twenty-four cans of beer.
* 2001 , , Gallipoli ,
* 2008 , Diem Vo, Family Life , Alice Pung (editor),
* 2010 , Holly Smith, Perth, Western Australia & the Outback , Hunter Publishing,
* 2009 , Ross Fitzgerald, Trevor Jordan, Under the Influence: A History of Alcohol in Australia , 2011,
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,
* 2011 , Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide ,
(computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
To make something into a slab.
thick; viscous
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(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.
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* 2012 , Bobby Austin, By All Mean$ , AuthorHouse (2012), ISBN 9781468542943,
A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
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A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
* (1800-1859)
A relative condition; state.
* (1800-1859)
A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vii:
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stability or balance when standing on one's feet
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, title= 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 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.
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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)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;.
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- 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.
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- Then there was the Mexican who sold big slabs of chewing taffy for five cents each.
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- “The pier? You mean those few sodden logs tied together and that dingy slab of rough concrete.”
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- The Australians murder a few slabs of beer and the New Zealanders murder a few vowels.
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- 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.
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- Common 375-ml cans are called tinnies, and can be bought in 24-can slabs for discounted prices.
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- 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.
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- After being towed into a massive slab , Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.
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- In August 2000 he successfully rode a slab of unfathomable power at Teahupo?o.
Derived terms
* slab hut * slab on gradeVerb
(slabb)Etymology 2
Compare Gaelic & Irish (slaib), mud, mire left on a river strand, and English .Adjective
(en adjective)- Make the gruel thick and slab .
Etymology 3
Acronym of Slow]], Loud And [[banging, Bangin'.Noun
(en noun)- Slim thug - wood grain wheel - You ain't riding slab if them ain't swangas on ya ride.
- Pull me over, try to check my slab
- I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left
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- 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.Anagrams
* * ----footing
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.
- As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his mannermade him a favorite.
- Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.
- Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
- The Monster swift as word, that from her went, / Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace.
- A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.
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- The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.
