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ˈquicklime
[f. quick a. + lime, after L. calx viva (Vitruvius), F. chaux vive, etc.]
Lime which has been burned and not yet slaked with water; calcium oxide, CaO.
c1400Rom. Rose 4179 The mortere..Of quykke lyme persant and egre. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxxix. 163 To be cast to the shyp of the enemies pottes full of quyk lyme made in to pouldre. a1533Ld. Berners Huon cxii. 389 They cast vpon them hote lede and boylynge oyle and quycke Lyme. 1590Webbe Trav. (Arb.) 31 Constrained to drinke salte water and quicklime. 1685Boyle Salubr. Air 61 Such a thick smoke as good quicklime is wont to doe, whilst men slake it with water. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 242 Quick Lime..consumes dead Bodies put therein. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. vii. (1814) 317 Quicklime in its pure state..is injurious to plants. 1873B. Stewart Conserv. Force iii. 58 Limestone..is decomposed when subjected to the heat of a lime-kiln, carbonic acid being given off, while quick-lime remains behind.
attrib.1684Boyle Porousn. Anim. & Solid Bod. vi. 55 Dip a very large Sponge in good Quick-lime-water. 1861F. Nightingale Nursing ii. 23 Washing the walls and ceilings with quick-lime wash. |