Subject: slakeless lime?

From: [email-masked]
Date: 6 Jul 1996 20:53:33 GMT

Hi!
I've been reading Lindsay's reprint of Pop Mech Lathe Book and I would like to try one of those recipes.
But I'm stumped  at the name "slakeless lime".
I've searched the Webster's Site and came up with:

  1. caustic lime

1. lime \'li-m\ n [ME, fr. OE li-m; akin to OHG li-m birdlime, L linere t]o
   smear, levis smooth, Gk leios 1: BIRDLIME 2a: a caustic highly infusible
   solid that consists of calcium oxide often together with magnesia and is
   obtained by calcining limestone, shells, or other forms of calcium
   carbonate 2b: hydrated lime 2c: CALCIUM
2. lime vt 1: to smear with a sticky substance (as birdlime) 2: to entangle
   with or as if with birdlime 3: to treat or cover with lime
3. lime aj : of, relating to, or containing lime or limestone
4. lime n [alter. of ME lind, fr. OE; akin to OHG linta linden] : LINDEN
5. lime n [F, fr. Prov limo, fr. Ar li-m] : a spiny tropical citrus tree
   (Citrus aurantifolia) with elliptic oblong narrowly winged leaves; also :
   its small globose greenish yellow fruit with an acid juicy pulp used as a
   flavoring agent and as a source of ascorbic acid

slake \'sla-k, vi 3 & vt 4 are also 'slak\ vb [ME slaken, fr. OE slacian,
   fr. sleac slack] obs  1: to slacken one's efforts : FLAG archaic  2: to
   become less violent, intense, or severe : ABATE 3: to become slaked :
   CRUMBLE {lime may ~ spontaneously in moist air} obs  1: SLACK obs  2a: to
   make less : DIMINISH archaic  2b: EASE, MITIGATE 2c: to lessen the force of
   : MODERATE 3: SATISFY, QUENCH 4a: to cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by
   treatment with water : HYDRATE 4b: to alter (as lime) by exposure to air
   with conversion at least in part to a carbonate

Is it just Calcium Oxide or is it something else?
Should I just shop for Calcium Oxide?

Many Thanks!

eduardo haddad filho
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From: [email-masked] (Russ Kepler)
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 01:23:26 GMT

>But I'm stumped  at the name "slakeless lime".

Slaked lime is calcium hydroxide, so slakeless lime may well be
calcium oxide or regular 'ol lime.  
-- 
Russ Kepler, at home	[email-masked]

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