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noun
The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oxide
History
From Latin calx (“lime”). Doublet of cauk and chalk.
Across languages
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