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   quicklime
         n 1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
               hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {quicklime}, {lime},
               {calx}, {calcined lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime},
               {burnt lime}]

English Dictionary: quicklime by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quisling
n
  1. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
    Synonym(s): collaborator, collaborationist, quisling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quislingism
n
  1. act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country
    Synonym(s): collaboration, collaborationism, quislingism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quackle \Quac"kle\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Quackled}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Quackling}.] [Cf.{Querken}.]
      To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[c6]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
      l[c6]m, Icel. l[c6]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
      linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. {Loam},
      {Liniment}.]
      1. Birdlime.
  
                     Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic
            substance, usually called {quicklime}, obtained by
            calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
            dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
            treated with water, forming slacked lime,

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quicklime \Quick"lime\, n. [See {Quick}, a.] (Chem.)
      Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet
      it develops great heat. See 4th {Lime}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[c6]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
      l[c6]m, Icel. l[c6]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
      linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. {Loam},
      {Liniment}.]
      1. Birdlime.
  
                     Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic
            substance, usually called {quicklime}, obtained by
            calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
            dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
            treated with water, forming slacked lime,

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quicklime \Quick"lime\, n. [See {Quick}, a.] (Chem.)
      Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet
      it develops great heat. See 4th {Lime}, 2.
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