slake : Idioms & Phrases


air-slake

  • verb alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate
    • air-slake lime
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Slake trough

  • a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.
Webster 1913

slaked lime

  • noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
    calcium hydroxide; calcium hydrate; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
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