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Meanings of slaked in English

Allayed.

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Usage of slaked in English
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If he slaked his need on her body, would his obsession fade?
Celtic fire
2
Forty shovelfuls of clinkers and twelve of slaked lime make 7 cwt.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
3
But I know I should not-thesoul's thirst can never be slaked.
Our Friend John Burroughs
4
Indeed, this painful thirst of thine, I shall arrange, shall be slaked.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
5
Once born, a Jew's desire for Christian blood could scarcely be slaked.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
6
He pass'd, and left a heap behind, of ashes slaked in blood!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 18...
7
I can get slaked lime for the hauling, distance being about five miles.
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
8
But we found this difficulty as between slaked lime and the hydrated lime.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
9
Sometimes the bleaching was done with slaked lime or with buttermilk.
Home Life in Colonial Days
10
It slaked thirst, but it also healed the heart and restored the soul.
The city in the lake
11
To four pounds of slaked lime add twenty-five gallons of water.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
12
The mindless hunger for more that, if once indulged, might never be slaked.
Dead beat
13
One imagines that many a pilgrim may have slaked their thirst.
The Irish Times
14
Now I have slaked my thirst for confession by telling you.
The Story of Bawn
15
With this their thirst was slaked, and they ate and ate.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
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My thirst was eventually slaked and I began feeling clean again.
The Great Book of Amber
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