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quick lime

[kwik-lahym]

quick·lime

[kwik-lahym]
noun
lime1 (def. 1).

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English quyk lym, translation Latin calx vīva; see quick, lime1
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Quick lime is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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