unslaked lime

British  

/ ʌnˈsleɪkt /

noun

1. another name for calcium oxide Compare slaked lime

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Example Sentences

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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The application of the unslaked lime demands some precaution, for if it comes in direct contact with the lips and gums, it causes a very painful burning.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Clover, Sir Richard Weston said, thrives best when sown on the worst and barrenest ground, which was to be pared and burnt, and unslaked lime added to the ashes.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

The cheapest and most available for animal diseases are ordinary freshly slaked lime, or unslaked lime in powder form, chlorid of lime, crude carbolic acid, corrosive sublimate, formalin, formaldehyde, gas, cresol, etc.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

These, each called by different names, are as follows: First, quicklime, which is also called burnt lime, caustic lime, builders' lime, rock lime, and unslaked lime.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William