slab
noun
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Martha's cooking and the heavy work were slabbing muscle onto Waziri's lean, brown frame.
From Blind Man's Lantern by George Luther Schelling