See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

LIME (O. Eng. lim, See also:

• LAT

Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)  , the name given to a viscous exudation of the See also:

• HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

holly-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, used for snaring birds and known as " See also:

• BIRD

bird-See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime." In See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, it is the popular name of See also:

• CALCIUM [symbol Ca, atomic weight 40.0 (o= x6)]

calcium See also:

• OXIDE

oxide, CaO, a substance employed in very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times as a component of mortars and cementing materials . It is prepared by the burning of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone (a See also:

• PROCESS

process described by Dioscorides and See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny) in kilns similar to those described under See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

CEMENT . The value and subsequent treatment of the product depend on the purity of the limestone; a pure See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone yields a " See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat " lime which readily slakes; an impure stone, especially if See also:

• MAGNESIA

magnesia be See also:

• PRESENT

present, yields an almost unslakable " poor " lime . See CEMENT, See also:

• CONCRETE
• CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

CONCRETE and See also:

• MORTAR

MORTAR, for details . Pure calcium oxide " See also:

• QUICK

quick-lime," obtained by See also:

• HEATING

heating the pure carbonate, is a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white amorphous substance, which can be readily melted and boiled in the electric See also:

• FURNACE

furnace, cubic and acicular crystals being deposited on cooling the vapour . It combines with See also:

• WATER

water, evolving much See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat and crumbling to pieces; this operation is termed " slaking " and the resulting product " slaked lime "; it is chemically See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of the oxide into See also:

• HYDRATE

hydrate . A See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of the hydrate in water, known as lime-water, has a weakly alkaline reaction; it is employed in the detection of carbonic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid . " See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

Milk of lime " consists of a cream of the hydrate and water . Dry lime has no See also:

• ACTION

action upon See also:

• CHLORINE (symbol Cl, atomic weight 35`46 (0=16)

chlorine, See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon dioxide and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur dioxide, although in the presence of water See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination ensues . In See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine lime-water, applied externally, is an astringent and desiccative, and it enters into the preparation of linamentum calcis and carron oil which are employed to heal See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

burns, See also:

• ECZEMA (Gr. EKE a, a cutaneous eruption)

eczema, &c . Applied internally, lime-water is an antacid; it prevents the curdling of milk in large lumps (hence its See also:

• PRESCRIPTION

prescription for infants); it also acts as a gastric sedative . Calcium phosphate is much employed in treating See also:

• RICKETS

rickets, and calcium chloride in haemoptysis and haemophylia .

It is an antidote for See also:

• MINERAL

mineral and oxalic acid poisoning .