Noah Webster
Slake
SLAKE, verb transitive To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.
SLAKE, verb intransitive
1. To go out; to become extinct.
2. To grow less tense. [a mistake for slack.]
SLAKE, verb transitive To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.
SLAKE, verb intransitive
1. To go out; to become extinct.
2. To grow less tense. [a mistake for slack.]