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quick lime

quick lime is the alternative spelling of quicklime.

Meaning of quicklime

Noun

quicklime (countable and uncountable, plural quicklimes)

  1. Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
    • 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.1898, Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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Questions about quick lime

What is quick lime the alternative spelling of?
Quick lime is the alternative spelling of quicklime.

Words near quick lime in the dictionary

  1. quick fucks
  2. quick kick
  3. quick kicks
  4. quick light
  5. quick lights
  6. quick lime
  7. quick link
  8. quick links
  9. quick match
  10. quick matches
  11. quick mud

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