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Webster 1913 Edition

Quicklime

Quick′lime

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Noun.
[See
Quick
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Adj.
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(Chem.)
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; – so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th
Lime
, 2.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quicklime

QUICK'LIME

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Noun.
[See Lime.] Any calcarious substance deprived of its fixed or carbonic air, or an earthy substance calcined; as chalk, limestone, oyster-shells, &c.; unslaked lime. Calcarious stones and shells are reduced to quicklime by being subjected for a considerable time to intense heat, which expels the carbonic and aqeuous matter.

Definition 2024

quicklime

quicklime

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English

Noun

quicklime ‎(countable and uncountable, plural quicklimes)

  1. Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.

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Verb

quicklime ‎(third-person singular simple present quicklimes, present participle quickliming, simple past and past participle quicklimed)

  1. (transitive) To treat with quicklime.

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