slake

To satisfy (a craving); quench.

To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate.

To combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air.

To undergo a slaking process; crumble or disintegrate, as lime.

A channel through a swamp or mud-flat.

Slime or mud.

To besmear; daub.

A slovenly or slabbery daub; a slight dabbing or bedaubing as with something soft and slabbery; a “lick.”

A name of various species of Algæ, chiefly marine and of the edible sorts, as Ulva Lactuca, U. latissima, and Porphyra laciniata: applied also to fresh-water species, as Enteromorpha and perhaps Conferva.