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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quicklime (ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
another name for calcium oxide
 
[C15: from quick (in the archaic sense: living) + lime1]

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Quicklime is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
Quicklime from the storage silo is transferred pneumatically to the quicklime
  preparation building through an enclosed process.
Quicklime will be paid for at the contract unit price per ton.
When needed, the quicklime is blown from the bottom of the silos to the square
  lime slaker building.
Production included the commercial sale or captive consumption of quicklime,
  hydrated lime, and dead-burned refractory dolomite.
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