quicklime
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
Noun
- Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
- 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. -...
- Considerable difficulty is experienced in several of the West Indian islands in obtaining quicklime for the preparation of Bordeaux mixture, and in keeping it in good condition when it has been procured. This has...
Synonyms: anhydrous lime burnt lime caustic lime unhydrated lime
Hypernyms: lime
Coordinate Terms: slaked lime calcium hydroxide limewater milk of lime
Origin
From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
Forms
Verb
- To treat (something) with quicklime.