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Definition of Caustic lime
1. Noun. A caustic substance produced by heating limestone.
Generic synonyms: Hydrated Oxide, Hydroxide
Derivative terms: Lime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caustic Lime
Literary usage of Caustic lime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATIVE caustic lime OP TUSCANY.* THE Duchess of Montrose was
so good as to send me the caustic lime, which is the subject of the ..."
2. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1886)
"But caustic lime, having a strong attraction for water, will withdraw it from
the dermis when deprived of its cuticle, and to tome extent effect the ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"The quantity of caustic lime which is present in tho cement keeps the plaster of
Paris always fresh, that is, dehydrated, until mixed with excess of water ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"I then either agitate the naptha with a solution of caustic lime, caustic soda,
or caustic potash, (preferring lime or soda to potash as being cheaper) ..."
5. Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics by Michael Faraday (1859)
"JL HE interesting communication of Dr. Giovacchino Taddei respecting his discovery
of caustic lime in the water of the ancient bath of Santa Gonda, ..."
6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"It still remains caustic lime, but it is hydrated; put together CaO and H2O; that
is water; ... That is still caustic lime; that is, lime that is burned, ..."
7. American Druggist (1885)
"The oxide of lead may also be replaced by caustic lime, and the quinine extracted
with chloroform. The Helv. obtains the same result by triturating 1 part ..."
8. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1885)
"The Separation of Lead by caustic lime.—From the Walker Lake Bulletin of April
30th, 1884, it appears that at the Mount Cory mill, Nevada, caustic lime is ..."
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