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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After being placed in quicklime to dry, they were steamed for twelve hours - a process that was repeated several times.
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By lunchtime he would be lying in the darkness and the corrosive quicklime .
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If the quicklime cure proves effective, it is will reduce costs by four-fifths.
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Industrial quicklime is commonly used for the manufacture of cement.
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Slaked lime is less effective and quicklime is altogether too fierce.
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When a piece of quicklime was held in the tip of the flame it became white hot and glowed brilliantly.