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Calx

noun
(pl. E. calxes, L. calces)
1.
A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.  Synonyms: burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime.






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"Calx" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the parish stands Aston-furnace, appropriated for melting ironstone, and reducing it into pigs: this has the appearance of great antiquity. From the melted ore, in this subterranean region of infernal aspect, is produced a calx, or cinder, of which there is an enormous mountain. From an attentive survey, the observer would suppose so prodigious a heap could not accumulate in one hundred generations; however, it shows no perceptible addition in ...
— An History of Birmingham (1783) • William Hutton



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