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▪ I. slaving, vbl. n.|ˈsleɪvɪŋ|
[f. slave v.1]
1. The practice of capturing or trading in slaves.
1862J. Stewart in Stewart of Lovedale ix. 88 From the Zambesi to Lake Nyassa there is nothing but slaving. 1865Livingstone Zambesi 593 The members of the same tribes who..have never engaged in slaving. 1887Pall Mall G. 28 June 2/1 Though slaving was never our business, it did occasionally happen that we bought a few slaves.
2. The automatic control or regulation of one device by another.
1960How TV Works ii. 17/2 This technique—known by the jargon of ‘slaving’—ensures that the programmes sent out from the transmitters are no less excellent in quality when they originate from very distant studios. 1974Some Technical Terms & Slang (Granada Television), Slaving, interlocking electronic signals between disparate sources.
▪ II. † ˈslaving, n. Obs.—1
[f. slave v.2]
A slip of a tree; = sleaving.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §130 Dyuerse apple-trees, that haue knottes in the bowes,..and suche other, that wyll growe on slauynges. |