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Webster 1913 Edition

Slake

Slake

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slaked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slaking
.]
[OE.
slaken
to render slack, to slake, AS.
sleacian
, fr.
sleac
slack. See
Slack
,
Verb.
&
Adj.
]
1.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack;
as, to
slake
lime
.

Slake

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To go out; to become extinct.
“His flame did slake.”
Sir T. Browne.
2.
To abate; to become less decided.
[R.]
Shak.
3.
To slacken; to become relaxed.
“When the body’s strongest sinews slake.”
[R.]
Sir J. Davies.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slake

SLAKE

,
Verb.
T.
To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.

SLAKE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To go out; to become extinct.
2.
To grow less tense. [a mistake for slack.]

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