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A sheldrake.

One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.

An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.

The common European sheldrake.

The turnstone. [Prev. Eng.]

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.

Not capable of being slaked.

On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.

To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. Dr. Prior. Snake's-head iris (Bot.), an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble a serpent's open mouth.

Same as Adder's-tongue.

Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.

The band fish.

The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.

The snakebird, 1.

Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.

An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.

The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.

An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.

A vessel of drink. [Prov. Eng.] A sneaker of five gallons. Spectator.