slakedadj.
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) v. met. i. 152 Fortune, þat semeþ as þat it fletiþ wiþ slaked or vngouernede bridles.
2. Of lime: Hydrated; slacked.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fusé Chaux fusée, slaked, or sleckt lime.
1837 J. T. Smith tr. L. J. Vicat Pract. & Sci. Treat. Mortars & Cements 79 The heat given out by a large quantity of slaked lime.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. xi. 341 Adjacent to these reservoirs are others containing pure slaked lime.
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