caustic lime

American  

noun

1. lime.

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Etymology

Origin of caustic lime

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Both quick lime and hydrated lime are known as caustic lime.

From The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, by Hopkins, Cyril G. (Cyril George)

The practice is responsible for much of the excessive application that brought the use of caustic lime into disrepute.

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

While the use of limestone in manure piles is inadvisable for this reason, the loss is not comparable to that resulting from mixing caustic lime with manure.

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

But, how reason with a person who, with this consolidation of strata, confounds the well known operation by which the mortar, made with caustic lime and sand, becomes a hard body!

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

Caustic soda is manufactured from solution of carbonate of soda by causticising, that is, treatment with caustic lime or quicklime.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert