The lower board of this slat partition should not be more than three inches wide and should rest upon the ground so the birds can readily feed over it.
"Natural and Artificial Duck Culture"
James Rankin
Has that slat-eyed, flat-headed, sun-sapped sneak of a Scotchman been complaining of my work?
"Nan of Music Mountain"
Frank H. Spearman
Yes, a violent man, Doctor always was; and, too, he was dreadful put out at the way the man got hurt,- reaching out of his buggy to slat his neighbor's cow, just because he had a spite against him.
"Melody The Story of a Child"
Laura E. Richards