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

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

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

Wood ashes and air-slaked lime, sprinkled upon the plants while the leaves are moist from either rain or dew, afford almost complete protection.

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

One ton of fresh burned lime, made from pure stone, is equivalent to 2640 pounds of the hydrate, and to 3570 pounds of pulverized limestone or of air-slaked lime.

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

The green cabbage worm, one of the worst of all enemies, can be pretty effectually checked by means of air-slaked lime dusted over the leaves.

From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous

Any air-slaked material put into it has like value.

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

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