Slaked
[sleɪkt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Slake
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Examples
- Having worked at Jarndyce and Jarndyce like a galley slave, I have slaked my thirst for the law and satisfied myself that I shouldn't like it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When chemical action between the water and carbide has ceased, and gas bubbles have stopped forming, slaked lime is all that is left of the dark gray crystals which were put into the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The slaked lime, formed while the gas was generated, collects at the bottom of the tanks and is removed from time to time. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I slaked my thirst at the brook; and then lying down, was overcome by sleep. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- When the wrath of the hater of the unrighteous was not slaked even in blood, and yet found favour? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Melt in a water bath, and add 10 parts of slaked lime. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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