chloride of lime
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chloride of lime
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Officials tried to shield lawmakers from the Great Stink, soaking the curtains in chloride of lime in a bid to mask the stench.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2017
As MPs shrouded themselves behind curtains soaked with chloride of lime to counter the fumes, they couldn’t say they hadn’t been warned.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2016
The decontamination squad, dressed in rubber suits and gloves, went after the gas bombs, sprinkling chloride of lime everywhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tallow should be thickly powdered with chloride of lime all over, and be sent directly to the boilers.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
Use chloride of lime, not too much of it, as a disinfectant.
From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables
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