quicklime Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
    calx; fluxing lime; unslaked lime; lime; burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide.

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Quick"lime noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Chem.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.

Webster 1913