caustic lime

American  

noun

1. lime.

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Etymology

Origin of caustic lime

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

How does carbonic acid affect caustic lime in the soil?

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)

Cotton seed oil is bleached by treatment with either carbonate of soda or caustic lime.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Hence we have only to consider here the action of mild and caustic lime.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

H. Vohl recommends the following as the best method of detecting sulphur in organic compounds: The substance to be tested is heated in a solution of caustic lime and oxide of lead in glycerin.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

The ability of caustic lime to improve the physical condition of land and to make inert plant food available has led many farmers to treat it as a substitute for manure, sods and commercial fertilizers.

From Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva