unslacked
- a word derived from slack.
Example Sentences
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To every seven bushels of ashes, add two gallons of unslacked lime, and throw in the ashes and lime in alternate layers.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
A very strong printers’ lye may be made as follows:—Take of table salt, 2 oz.; unslacked lime, 2 lb., and bruised Scotch washing soda, 2 lb.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle
One pint of coarse salt, and one pint of unslacked lime, to a pailful of water.
From The American Frugal Housewife by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
The action of lime is greatest in its caustic or unslacked form.
From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon
Mix a handful of unslacked lime with the same quantity of salt, two or three gallons of water.
