[JB in Whitefish]

Definition of Slake

Slake: 1. To satisfy or quench. As, for example, she drank some water to slake her thirst. 2. To mix with water, to hydrate. As, for example, to slake lime.

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“In what science fiction novel did you find the world Slake?”

Actually it’s a somewhat antiquated term....but I believe I “found it” in some poetry a LONG time ago....

Having a large vocabulary can be looked upon as a “burden” or it can allow you to see the hilarity in others’ misuse of the language.

You choose.

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For instance, T.S. Eliot:

Clorinda. Near this, a fountain’s liquid bell
Tinkles within the concave shell.

Damon. Might a soul bathe there and be clean,
Or slake its drought ?

This essay by T.S. Eliot on the poetry style of Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) was first published in the Times Literary Supplement, March 31, 1921. In 1932 it was re-published in Eliot’s book Selected Essays.

[Poser]

““In what science fiction novel did you find the world Slake?””

Please note the next-to-last word as quoted from a post by a pedant.