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unslaked lime

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noun

  1. another name for calcium oxide Compare slaked lime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Hours of anxiety and effort under a blazing sun had parched and fouled my lips, and my throat was dry as unslaked lime.

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The powder consists of two parts of unslaked lime and three parts of ashes of oak, or holmoak, or Italian oak, or Turkey oak, or of some similar kind.

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The dropping of an icicle into a barrel of unslaked lime once caused a great disaster in one of our cities.

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A teaspoonful of unslaked lime dissolved in a pint of warm water, shaken and given immediately.

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The required quantity of unslaked lime, 2 to 4 per cent. of the weight of the fat, is run in with the molten fat, together with 30 per cent. to 50 per cent. of water.

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