unslaked lime
Britishnoun
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Hours of anxiety and effort under a blazing sun had parched and fouled my lips, and my throat was dry as unslaked lime.
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The powder consists of two parts of unslaked lime and three parts of ashes of oak, or holmoak, or Italian oak, or Turkey oak, or of some similar kind.
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The dropping of an icicle into a barrel of unslaked lime once caused a great disaster in one of our cities.
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A teaspoonful of unslaked lime dissolved in a pint of warm water, shaken and given immediately.
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The required quantity of unslaked lime, 2 to 4 per cent. of the weight of the fat, is run in with the molten fat, together with 30 per cent. to 50 per cent. of water.
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