quicklime

Definition

Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.

Etymology

From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.

Example Sentences

• "The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots."