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quicklime
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quicklime
(gcide) | Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[imac]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
l[imac]m, Icel. l[imac]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. Loam,
Liniment.]
1. Birdlime.
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Like the lime
That foolish birds are caught with. --Wordsworth.
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2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium, CaO; the white or gray,
caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by
calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
treated with water, forming slaked lime, and is an
essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
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Note: Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble,
chalk, bones, shells, etc.
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Caustic lime, Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a
less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.
Lime burner, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make
lime.
Lime pit, a limestone quarry.
Lime rod, Lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence,
that which catches; a snare. --Chaucer.
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Quicklime
(gcide) | Quicklime \Quick"lime\, n. [See Quick, a.] (Chem.)
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet
it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
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quicklime
(wn) | quicklime
n 1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime,
calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime,
burnt lime] |
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Quicklime
(gcide) | Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[imac]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
l[imac]m, Icel. l[imac]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. Loam,
Liniment.]
1. Birdlime.
[1913 Webster]
Like the lime
That foolish birds are caught with. --Wordsworth.
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2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium, CaO; the white or gray,
caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by
calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
treated with water, forming slaked lime, and is an
essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble,
chalk, bones, shells, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Caustic lime, Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a
less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.
Lime burner, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make
lime.
Lime pit, a limestone quarry.
Lime rod, Lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence,
that which catches; a snare. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Quicklime \Quick"lime\, n. [See Quick, a.] (Chem.)
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet
it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
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