| 单词 | slaked lime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslaked lime a. The alkaline earth which is the chief constituent of mortar; calcium oxide (CaO). It is obtained by submitting limestone (carbonate of lime) to a red heat, by which the carbonic acid is driven off, leaving a brittle white solid, which is pure lime (or quicklime n.). It is powerfully caustic and combines readily with water, evolving great heat in the process, and forming hydrate of lime ( slaked lime).The designations carbonate of lime, phosphate of lime, etc., are still current in popular use, though in technical language they have given place to the more systematic terms calcium carbonate (or carbonate of calcium), etc. chloride of lime: see chloride n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > native earths > [noun] > lime limea1000 white limea1387 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > calcium > [noun] > compounds limea1000 Homberg's phosphorus1731 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > slaked lime slaked lime1622 cream of lime1770 slack-lime1840 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 197/16 Calcis uiua, gebærnd lim. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxiii. 838 Lyme is ycleped hoot..for while it is colde in handelyng it conteyneþ priueliche wiþinne fyre and gret hete. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 122 Caste aboue þe wounde þe poudre of lym tofore seid. c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 217 Tak arpment, & slekyd lyme, & argoyle. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxiii. B The people shalbe burnt like lyme. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 123 You rogue, heeres lime in this sacke too. View more context for this quotation 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xliii. 103 Since the Spanish Sacks haue beene common in our Tavernes, which (for conservation) is mingled with Lyme in its making, our Nation complaineth of Calenturas, of the Stone,..and infinite other Diseases.. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 137 They were now (like Sand without Lyme), ill bound together. 1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 32 Lime, when properly and judiciously applied, ranks first amongst the class of manures. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 488 Lime is detected most effectually by the oxalic acid, which..forms with it an insoluble precipitate. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 130 Lime is found in chalk, marble, &c., and is the basis of animal bones. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 489/1 Phosphate of lime has been recommended in rickets. < as lemmas |
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