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Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.

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  1. a. Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
  2. n. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  3. Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
  4. Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet itdevelops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
  5. n:100 n a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide