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

Use about a bushel and a half of air-slaked lime to every thousand square feet.

From Making a Lawn by Doogue, Luke Joseph

The percentages of air-slaked material in hydrated limes are widely variable, and no manufacturer can standardize his product on the market surely for the benefit of the farmer.

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

Common air-slaked lime is almost pure carbonate of lime, and hence comes nearer to the composition of marine shells than lime from bones, and, being much cheaper, would appear to be preferable.

From Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop by Gregory, James John Howard

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

On such soils this is most cheaply applied in the air-slaked form, such as is used in plastering and in quantities to effect the end sought.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

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