unˈslaked, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of lime: Unslacked.
| 1598 Florio, Calce vergine, vnslaked lyme. 1651 French Distill. i. 4 Take unslaked Lime, and Linseed Oil, mix them well together. 1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. xii. 67 Plaster..four parts, of Unslak'd Lime one part. 1816 Scott Old Mort. xxi, Would ye build a wall with unslaked mortar? 1837 J. T. Smith Vicat's Mortars 79 Those hydraulic mixtures, which are used unslaked, and ground previous to mixture. 1889 Science-Gossip XXV. 151/1 The leaves are..chewed with a little unslaked lime. |
2. Unrelaxed.
| a 1625 Fletcher Chances ii. ii, A likely man, a man Made up like Hercules, unslak'd with service. |
3. Of thirst, etc. (See slake v.1 10.)
| 1692 Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i, Her desires new rouz'd, And yet unslak'd, will kindle in her fansy. 1805 [see unslacked 3]. 1818 Byron Ch. Har. iv. cxxiv, We gasp away..; unfound the boon, unslaked the thirst. 1874 Farrar Christ 36 Stung by remorse, yet still unslaked with murder. |