| bruit de lime | Introduced by R. Laennec to describe a rough rasping murmur. Origin: Fr. File (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chlorinated lime | A mixture of varying proportions of complexes of chlorine with calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide. Contains 24-37% available chlorine. Decomposes in moist conditions to liberate chlorine. Strong irritant due to chlorine vapors. Used for disinfecting drinking water, sewage etc.; in the bleaching of wood pulp, linen, cotton, straw, oils, soaps, and laundry; as an oxidiser; in destroying caterpillars; and as a decontaminant for mustard gas and similar substances. Synonym: bleaching powder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soda lime | A mixture of calcium and sodium hydroxides used to absorb carbon dioxide in situations in which rebreathing occurs; e.g., in basal determinations or in certain types of anaesthesia circuits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sulfurated lime | Used externally in the treatment of acne, scabies, and ringworm. Synonym: sulfurated lime. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ogeechee lime | <botany> The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. The tree which bears this fruit. Origin: So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lime | 1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. "These twigs, in time, will come to be limed." (L'Estrange) 2. To entangle; to insnare. "We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance." (Tennyson) 3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them. "Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming." (Sir J. Child) 4. To cement. "Who gave his blood to lime the stones together." Origin: Cf. AS. Geliman to glue or join together. See Lime a viscous substance. <botany> The linden tree. See Linden. Origin: Formerly line, for earlier lind. See Linden. <botany> A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. Acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour. Origin: F. Lime; of Persian origin. See Lemon. 1. Birdlime. "Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with." (Wordsworth) 2. <chemistry> 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, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc. Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble, chalk, bones, shells, etc. Caustic lime, calcium hydrate or slacked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime. Lime burner, one who burns limestone, shells, etc, to make lime. Lime light. See Calcium light under Calcium. Lime pit, a limestone quarry. Lime rod, Lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare. Origin: AS. Lim; akin to D. Lijm, G. Leim, OHG. Lim, L. Limus mud, linere to smear, and E. Loam. Cf. Loam, Liniment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lime water | Calcium hydroxide solution; a saturated solution prepared by mixing 3 g of calcium hydroxide in a liter of purified cool water. Undissolved calcium hydroxide is allowed to precipitate and the solution is dispensed without agitation; lime water is a common ingredient in lotions and is used internally extensively in veterinary medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slaked lime |
calcium hydroxide: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
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| slaked lime |
A paste obtained by grinding sea shells in a little liquid. This is the lime which is chewed with betelnuts, gambir and tobacco.
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| slaked lime |
quicklime has an avidity for water which is added intentionally to hydrate, or slake, the lime causing it to crumble into powder. Slaking quicklime produces CaOH and is the first step in making lime products such as milk lime, whitewash, plaster (lime plaster), stucco, mortar (lime mortar), cement, and concrete. Thus lime that has not been slaked is said to be "unslaked lime." When the water is taken from the atmosphere, it is said to be "air slaked," or "dry slaked. ...
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| slaked lime |
A white powder obtained by exposing lime to moistened air or by putting water on lime to produce calcium hydroxide. Plaster contains slaked lime and sand.
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| slaked lime | a caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone |
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