Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quenching"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quench \Quench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quenching}.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to
extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to
decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[=i]nan, [=a]cw[=i]nan, to
waste or dwindle away.]
1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of
flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of
sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a
candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.

Ere our blood shall quench that fire. --Shak.

The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the
wonder of her infamy. --Shak.

2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

Syn: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

quenching
n : the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the
extinction of the lights" [syn: {extinction}, {extinguishing}]


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