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Burnt lime   /bərnt laɪm/   Listen
Burnt lime

noun
1.
A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.  Synonyms: calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime.






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"Burnt lime" Quotes from Famous Books



... holds its place as strongly as ever, among the economical maxims of prudent matrons. A word or two as to lime. When this is spoken of, let it be understood always what is meant; whether pure lime, that is what is called burnt lime, or the same substance in combination with fixed air, or carbonic acid, of which the process of burning deprives it. The effects of these two preparations are exceedingly different on animal bodies; the former causing rapid decomposition ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr



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