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Quicklime

//ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water. countable, uncountable

    "The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots."

  2. 2
    a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To treat (something) with quicklime. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.

Etymology 2

From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.

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