Verb (used with object) : He slaked his lips with ice. ,His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm. From Dictionary.com.
“Hydrated lime” (also called slaked lime) is produced by mixing the oxide forms with water. From Wordnik.com. [Lime] Reference
Lime should be slaked before being made into mortar. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Thou must thy thirst have slaked with copious drafts. From Wordnik.com. ['A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts] Reference
Marble dust or slaked lime also make good dry marks. From Wordnik.com. [Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium] Reference
For this purpose a suitable quantity of lime was slaked. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
On Moscow's flaming wall, blood-slaked and ruin-quench'd. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Who regarded not each other, and their deadly hatred slaked. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Legends of Minnesota] Reference
The lime was slaked twenty-four hours, and after being mixed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Lime 302 air-slaked 303 hypochlorite 307 kilns 303 slaked 303. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Best slaked lime, 6 ounces; orpiment, fine powder, 1 ounce. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Air-slaked lime should be scattered over the runs every few weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Feasted, and slaked their thirst from the water-gourd of the teacher. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Not until our thirst was slaked did we fully realize how the water stank!. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
When the lime is slaked, add six gallons of water, and boil down to two gallons. From Wordnik.com. [Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden] Reference
In this it passes through milk of lime, which should be made from freshly slaked lime. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
The conversion of slaked lime into carbonate of lime or mild lime is a slower process. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
There I slaked my thirst and washed my face and wound and bound it up as best I could. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Slag cement is made by grinding together slaked lime and granulated blast furnace slag. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
An objection to this method is, that the lime is not so uniformly slaked as is desirable. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Make some lime-water by stirring slaked lime with water and allowing the mixture to settle. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
A pinch of zinc dust and an ounce of lime, previously slaked, should be added and the vat stirred. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Tell me all this in detail, for my thirst for hearing everything relating to my own ancestor hath not been slaked. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Quicklime or slaked lime are made from heated limestone and undergo a violent chemical reaction when mixed with water. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
When it is taken not thoroughly slaked but fresh, it has little crude bits concealed in it, and so, when applied, it blisters. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The second modification of bleaching-powder is designated "puratylene," and contains calcium chloride and quick or slaked lime. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
The calcium phosphide is prepared by igniting phosphorus in connection with newly slaked lime made chemically pure by calcination. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
If it is crumbling and cracking it has been exposed to damp air, and is partly slaked already, and therefore more or less useless. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
When water and calcium carbide are brought together an action takes place which results in the formation of acetylene gas and slaked lime. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
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