SLAKE

v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak.

5.
v.

To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] Sir J. Davies.

6.
v.

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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