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slaker rare.|ˈsleɪkə(r)|
[f. slake v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who slakes, assuages, or quenches.
1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 34 Where be subduers and slakers of all vyce! 1554–9Songs & Ball. Phil. & Mary (Roxb.) 3 He ys owr swete savyor and slaker of sadnes. 1611Cotgr., Estancheur, a..slaker, quencher (of hunger, thirst, &c.).
2. A sluice or stop-gate; = slacker 1.
1664–5Act 16–17 Chas. II, c. 11 §11 The Slakers to take off the Surplusage of Waters. 1767Hull Navigation Act 1072 Leave open any of the gates, doors, or slakers. |