unslaked lime
Britishnoun
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It may be reasonably pure unslaked lime, or it may have less value than a finely pulverized pure limestone.
From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee
The base of each is a lixivium made from two parts of the ashes of burned bean-stalks and one of unslaked lime, mixed with water and strained.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
The best spray can be made by taking four ounces of copper sulphate, four ounces of unslaked lime, and three gallons of water.
From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various
The English admiral caused a number of barrels of unslaked lime to be placed in his ships.
From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He being about to expend his skill and labour on this matter, first throws charcoal into the crucible, and sprinkles over it an iron shovel-ful of crushed iron ore mixed with unslaked lime.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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