"Quicklime" is a word in ENGLISH
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when
wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
Read the complete definitionA hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. …
Read the complete definitionTo treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing …
Read the complete definitionOxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat …
Read the complete definitionAn elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted …
Read the complete definitionIn a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, …
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