Hottest Pepper in the World. For the Love of Spice. People have been using hot peppers since we could draw on walls, but it hasnât always been for their delicious spicy flavor. Apparently, parents would punish their kids by burning hot chili peppers and blowing the smoke into their eyes.
slake. 1. to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying; quench. 2. to cool or refresh. 3. to cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water. 4. (of lime) to become slaked.
sliver noun [C]. âº a very âsmall, âthin âpiece of something, usually âbroken off something âlarger: a sliver of âglass Just a sliver of âcake for me, âplease-I shouldn't really be having any. (Definition of sliver from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.