Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quicklime"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[=i]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
l[=i]m, Icel. l[=i]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. {Loam},
{Liniment}.]
1. Birdlime.
Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with.
--Wordsworth.
2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic
substance, usually called {quicklime}, obtained by
calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
treated with water, forming slacked lime,
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quicklime \Quick"lime\, n. [See {Quick}, a.] (Chem.)
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet
it develops great heat. See 4th {Lime}, 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quicklime
n : a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {lime}, {calx}, {calcined
lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]
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