quicklime
quicklime is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
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- 1.Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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