air-slake

American  

[air-sleyk] / ˈɛərˌsleɪk /

verb (used with object)

air-slaked, air-slaking

1. to slake (lime or the like) with moist air.

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air-slaked air-slaking

When everything is taken into account, one is justified in using limestone or air-slaked lime at a cost per ton three-fourths as great as that of lump lime.

From Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

The lime in fresh burned ashes is peculiarly effective, being finely divided and in oxide form, but the ashes on the market have much of the lime water-slaked and air-slaked.

From Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

We simply threw air-slaked lime over the trees nearly every morning for from four to six weeks, from the time the tree was out of bloom.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

When air-slaked lime is used it may be spread broadcast in the spring; the other forms should be applied in the fall or in the early winter.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

Paris green mixed with air-slaked lime will also kill many larvæ.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

The slowness with which air-slaking proceeds gives reason to expect that any bulk of old lime may contain a considerable percentage of the hydrate, and therefore have greater strength than a true carbonate like limestone.

From Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

It may be slaked either by exposure to the air, air-slaking, when it gradually takes up H2O and CO2; or by mixing with H2O, water-slaking.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips