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chloride of lime
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Origin of chloride of lime
First recorded in 1820–30
Words nearby chloride of lime
chlorenchyma, chlorhexidine, chloric, chloric acid, chloride, chloride of lime, chloride paper, chloridize, chlorinate, chlorinated lime, chlorine
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How to use chloride of lime in a sentence
If necessary, chloride-of-lime solution should be injected into the tissues around the wound.
Was it permissible to describe the smell of chloride-of-lime in the trenches, or would that discourage recruiting?
Now It Can Be Told|Philip GibbsBut I discovered, before he came, that she had gotten too close a whiff of the chloride-of-lime bag, and it nauseated her.
A Woman's Impression of the Philippines|Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee
British Dictionary definitions for chloride of lime
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