Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hydrated and disintegrated by exposure to atmospheric air: as, air-slaked lime.
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Examples
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The Entomologist has every reason to be thankful that, early last spring, he laid in a supply of arsenate of lead, Black Leaf No. 40, commercial lime-sulphur, tree tanglefoot, tobacco dust, also providing himself with an abundance of air-slaked lime and a spraying outfit suitable for use in a small experiment garden and orchard at Lake Minnetonka.
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Lime 302 air-slaked 303 hypochlorite 307 kilns 303 slaked 303
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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If any rot is found, remove the affected bulbs, and if those remaining appear damp, dust lightly with air-slaked lime.
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We simply threw air-slaked lime over the trees nearly every morning for from four to six weeks, from the time the tree was out of bloom.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Various
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If the Paris Green is to be used dry, mix with a cheap grade of flour, powdered air-slaked lime or some other very fine material.
Tobacco Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. Crop Book Dept. 1915
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In excavating for the abutments a thick stratum of shale had been exposed that air-slaked as fast as it was uncovered.
Still Jim Honor�� Morrow 1910
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For dry application, use hellebore, 1 lb.; flour or air-slaked lime, 5 lb.
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Striped cucumber-beetles are sometimes very numerous, and in order to get a stand of plants it is necessary to go through the patch early every morning and sprinkle all the hills with air-slaked lime.
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Second, air-slaked lime, which is also known as carbonate of lime, agricultural lime, marl, and limestone.
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902
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One hundred pounds of quicklime is equal in richness to 132 pounds of water-slaked lime and to 178 pounds of air-slaked lime.
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902
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