slaked, ppl. a.
(sleɪkt)
[f. slake v.1 + -ed1.]
† 1. Loosened; slackened. Obs.—1
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. met. i. (1868) 152 Fortune, þat semeþ as þat it fletiþ wiþ slaked or vngouernede bridles. |
2. Of lime: Hydrated; slacked.
| 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Fusé, Chaux fusée, slaked, or sleckt lime. 1813 Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. i. (1814) 20 Slaked lime was used by the Romans for manuring the soil. 1837 J. T. Smith Vicat's Mortars 79 The heat given out by a large quantity of slaked lime. 1871 Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. v. 173 Adjacent to these reservoirs are others containing pure slaked lime. |