"Quicklime" is a word in ENGLISH
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when
wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
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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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