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Other alkalies are calcic hydroxide or slaked lime, a solution of which in water is known as lime-water; baric hydroxide and strontic hydroxide, derived from the metals barium and strontium.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various