caustic lime

American  

noun

1. lime.

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Etymology

Origin of caustic lime

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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caustic lime

It is known as "lump lime," "caustic lime" and "stone lime."

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

If there is caustic lime in the soil, it unites with it, and makes it milder and finer.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)

There is opportunity to grind up unburned and waste material with the caustic lime, and this form of lime usually contains some hydrated material.

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

The caustic lime in a soil hastens decay of vegetable matter in a degree impossible to the limestone or marl.

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

And if your cellar or house has a dirt floor, a heavy sprinkling of very caustic lime water all over it will do good in ridding it of vermin.

From Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure by Falconer, William