quicklime (countable and uncountable, plural quicklimes)
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
• burnt lime, caustic lime, unhydrated lime, anhydrous lime, lime
quicklime (third-person singular simple present quicklimes, present participle quickliming, simple past and past participle quicklimed)
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
Source: Wiktionary
Quick"lime, n. Etym: [See Quick, a.] (Chem.)
Definition: Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
