slake2 (slak)

[ There, by a little slake , Sir Launce lot wounded him sore, nigh unto the death. Morte d'Arthure , vi. 5. Yarrow Slake , a ruined haven half-filled by the wash of sand and soil, which still receives the waters of the Tyne at flood, and is left dry at ebb. You have to wind round this basin, or slake as it is called, to reach Shields. W. Howitt, Visits to Remarkable Places (ed. 1842), p. 140. The narrative of adventures by day and by night in a gunning punt along the slakes off Holy Island is pervaded by the keen salt breezes from the North Sea. IMG:content-1250.png:[blocks in formation] Eng.] -2. A loose morning-gown worn by women about the middle of the eighteenth century. It was trimmed with cuffs and ruffles of lace.