OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19597

quicklime

/ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cal • cal viva
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…
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