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Pronunciation : Slake
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]
Definition : 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. Shak.

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

t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slake
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913