Usage of "slaked lime"

Portuguese

hidróxido de cálcio

Catalan

hidròxid de calci

A caustic substance produced by heating limestone.

lime hydrate

hidróxido de cálcio

Usage of slaked lime in English

Forty shovelfuls of clinkers and twelve of slaked lime make 7 cwt. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 

I can get slaked lime for the hauling, distance being about five miles. 
 One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered 

But we found this difficulty as between slaked lime and the hydrated lime. 
 Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra... 

Sometimes the bleaching was done with slaked lime or with buttermilk. 
 Home Life in Colonial Days 

To four pounds of slaked lime add twenty-five gallons of water. 
 The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. 

Air slaked lime is also good, but would have to be applied several times. 
 Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra... 

Also, have boxes arranged near feeding stalls which contain wood ashes, slaked lime and salt. 
 One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered 

The condemned were immersed in a bath of slaked lime, gradually filled up to their necks. 
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Adjacent to these reservoirs are others containing pure slaked lime -the so-called 'cream of lime.' 
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Another method-take equal parts wood ashes and slaked lime, and add water to the consistency of batter. 
 Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Makin... 

Flowers of sulphur and slaked lime were boiled with water, till a bright orange solution was obtained. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 

The calcium phosphide is prepared by igniting phosphorus in connection with newly slaked lime made chemically pure by calcination. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 

Quicklime or slaked lime are made from heated limestone and undergo a violent chemical reaction when mixed with water. 
 Organic Gardener's Composting 

Depilatory ointments are employed, consisting of equal parts of slaked lime and arsenic made into a paste with rose-water. 
 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 

To each pailful of water add two pints of fresh slaked lime and one pint of common salt; mix well. 
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If a damp cellar must be used, air slaked lime sprinkled under the boards will help to keep them dry. 
 Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra... 