Definition of Slaker

1. one that slakes [n -S] - See also: slakes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaker

slain
slaine
slainte
slairg
slairged
slairging
slairgs
slaister
slaisters
slakable
slake
slaked
slaked lime
slakeless
slaken
slaker (current term)
slakers
slakes
slakin
slaking
slalom
slalomed
slalomer
slalomers
slaloming
slalomist
slalomists
slaloms
slam
slam-bang

Literary usage of Slaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Football, the American Intercollegiate Game by Parke Hill Davis (1911)
"Second Half: Touchdown by FL slaker. First Half: Chicago wins the toss and selects the goal. O'Dea kicks to slaker, who runs back to the 20-yard line. ..."

2. The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford by Samuel Wells (1830)
"As for the slaker through Murrow-gate I held it alwayes very necessary, ... into our slaker in Murrow- gate ; this river or slaker from Murrow-plash to the ..."

3. General Metallurgy by Heinrich Oscar Hofman (1913)
"This machine, as the preceding one, consists of the auxiliary apparatus for preparing the mixture, viz., the lime-slaker, lime-pump, dust-feed and mixer; ..."

4. General Metallurgy by Heinrich Oscar Hofman (1913)
"The former comprises a lime-slaker, ore-feeder and conveyor-mixer; ... is 12500 Ib. The lime-slaker ..."

5. Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F.R.S., Made on Various Occasions, in the by John Smeaton (1837)
"... and to give it a competent passage through Sincil Dyke as a slaker drain (to which use it has been apparently intended in its original formation), ..."

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