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Slake v. t. (past & past part. slaked; pres. part. slaking)

1.

To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. "And slake the heavenly fire." "It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart."

2.

To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

Slake v. i.

1.

To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake."

2.

To abate; to become less decided. (R.)

3.

To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." (R.)

4.

To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.

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Etymology of 'Slake'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Slake" Quotes from Famous Books

... sacrament can quench this fire, Or slake this scorching pain; No sacrament can bid the dead Arise and ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various

... with a grisly noise, and pray them to fall on thee and hide thee, that thou see Him not. Woeful wretch, thou wendest to hell, if thou dost forth as thou hast begun, where thou shalt find fire so hot and so raging, that all the water in the sea, though it ran through it, should not slake a spark thereof. And because thou stinkest here to GOD, for thy foul sin, there thou shalt feel everlasting stink: and because thou lovedst mirkness here, for aye to be in sin, there shalt thou feel such thick mirkness that thou canst grip it; and because here thou didst rest thyself in sin ...

— The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises • Richard Rolle of Hampole

... place that the fragrance had blown from: there was a garden there; the only fence that ran around it was a lattice of silver. "Surely there are springs in the garden," the Argonauts said. "We will enter this fair garden now and slake our thirst." ...

— The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles • Padraic Colum

... other needed things in each knapsack a drinking cup that they might slake their thirst along the way from cool springs, or clear running water, or a ...

— Pixy's Holiday Journey • George Lang

... art thou now? In deepest forest shade? Or onward where the Sumach stands arrayed In autumn splendour, its alluring form Fruited, yet odious with the hidden worm? Or, farther, by some still sequestered lake, Loon-haunted, where the sinewy panthers slake Their noon-day thirst, and never voice is heard Joyous of singing waters, breeze or bird, ...

— Annette, The Metis Spy • Joseph Edmund Collins

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