quenchin

Updated: April 30, 2025

We'll be soakin' wet in five minutes' time; and then we can wring all out, trousers, shirts, and every rag we've got." "But we have no vessel, Ben, what could we wring the water into?" "Into our months first: after that ah! it be a pity. I never thought o't. We won't be able to save a drop for another time. Any rate, if we could only get one good quenchin', we might stand it several days longer.

Mayne Reid - The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea