1) to slake a fire is to put on small coals, that it may not burn too fast. North.
2) very small coals. N.
·vi To go out; to become extinct. II. Slake ·vi To <<Slacken>>; to become relaxed. III. Slake ·vi ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An accumulation of mud or ooze in the bed of a river. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The sea-weed otherwise called lettuce-laver (which see). ...