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• Slake trough — Slake Slake, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. His flame did slake. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. When the body s strongest sinews slake. [R.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• slake trough — noun : a blacksmith s water tank for cooling forgings or tools …   Useful english dictionary

• Slake — Slake, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. His flame did slake. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. When the body s strongest sinews slake. [R.] Sir J.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• slake your lust —    (of a male) to copulate    Usually extramaritally, from slake, to quench or satisfy. A man may also slake his (base) passion:     ... let him slake his lust on one of his own serf women. (Fraser, 1973)     Having slaked what the lady novelists …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Ikaite — is the mineral name for the hexahydrate of calcium carbonate, CaCO3·6H2O. Ikaite is colorless when pure. DistributionIt is usually considered a rare mineral, but this is likely due to difficulty in preserving samples. It was first discovered in… …   Wikipedia