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'then you may also need to lag everything to prevent condensation from causing similar problems'

- I'm not familar with that use of the word lag and others may not be, either.

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In most mechanical lingo: lag = thermally insulate

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Lag = slang for insulate.

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Thanks.

My Dad's found eight or nine definitions for 'Slew' and it's various...Word-alike-thingees.

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As far as I know slew means when a car pivots horizontally on a road. What might be called jack-knifing for trucks. Granted that involves pivotting at the join between trailers but hopefully you get the idea.

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It also applies to boats.

Another definition is the past form of slay.

That's all I can remember.

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"Slew" can also mean a large number of some item. For example:

"He bought a whole slew of pig hearts yesterday."

Though I'm pretty sure it's regarded as slang when used in that context.

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Synonyms, if you mean "means the same"; homonyms or homophones, if you mean "sounds the same".

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Words that are spelled the same but mean different things and words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

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Yet another nail in the latest AMD architecture's coffin today...