Slake (verb)
slay-k
To quench one’s thirst
Old English slacian ‘become less eager’, also ‘slacken’, from the adjective slæc ‘slack’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax’.
Example sentences
“They would slake their thirst at the watering hole each evening.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
