English Dictionary: slaked | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaking}.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See {Slack}, v. & a.] 1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. [bd]And slake the heavenly fire.[b8] --Spenser. It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. --Shak. 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime. |