单词 | quicklime |
释义 | quicklimen. Lime (lime n.1 3a) which has not yet been slaked; calcium oxide, CaO. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > quicklime quicklimea1400 calx1581 lime-chalk1637 roche lime1721 shells1743 sharp lime1772 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 35 (MED) Leie aboue þe wounde a poundir maad oon partie of frankencense, & of two parties of sandragoun, & of þre parties of quyk lym [L. calcis viue]. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4179 The morter..Of quykke lym, persant and egre. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 To be cast to the shyp of the enemies pottes full of quyk lyme made in to pouldre. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxii. 389 They cast vpon them hote lede and boylynge oyle and quycke Lyme. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. D Constrained to drinke salt water and quicklyme. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. viii. 670 It will be good to spread quicklime vpon the plowed ground..the haruest after it is more plentifull, then after anie other dung that a man can inuent. 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 61 in Ess. Effects Motion Such a thick smoke as good quicklime is wont to doe, whilst men slake it with water. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 Quick Lime..consumes dead Bodies put therein. 1767 A. Lee in Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 100 The quick-lime, attracting fixable air, was reduced. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. vii. 276 Quicklime in its pure state..is injurious to plants. 1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) ii. 23 Washing the walls and ceilings with quick-lime wash. 1977 P. Muldoon Mules 35 The Master is stretched Under his plinth, A bucket of quicklime Scattered all along his length. 1997 Lat. Mass Summer 40/2 The bodies were put back on the truck..to be dumped in a huge ditch and covered with quicklime and water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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