Abu Sir to be brought before him, with his elbows pinioned, sent for his Sea-captain and said to him, Take this villain and set him in a sack with two quintals of lime unslacked and tie its mouth over his head. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Ten years rushed now upon me with dusty, vibrating, unresting wings; years of bustle, action, unslacked endeavour; years in which ❋ Unknown (2006)
Red brick should be laid in a thoroughly mixed mortar composed of one volume of Portland cement, 3 volumes of unslacked lime and 16 volumes of clear sharp sand. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The action of lime is greatest in its caustic or unslacked form. ❋ Charles Landon Goodrich (N/A)
-- Put unslacked lime in a well-glazed pan; cover it with pure water, and let it remain for one day. ❋ Daniel Young (N/A)
Whisky add one and one-half pounds unslacked Lime, three-fourths of a pound of Alum, and one-half pint Spirits of Nitre. ❋ C. A. Bogardus (N/A)
-- A kind of concrete made without cement is composed of 8 parts of sand, gravel and pebbles, 1 part of burnt and powdered common earth, 1 part of pulverized clinkers and cinders, and 1-1/2 parts of unslacked hydraulic lime. ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)
It is requisite that both the boxes and lights should be painted every year, at least a month before they are wanted for use; but if this cannot be conveniently done, be particular in washing them with boiling water, in which some unslacked lime must be mixed. ❋ Thomas Watkins (N/A)
The can had an interlining of tin, and between the two walls of the can was unslacked lime; by making a hole in each end of the can and placing first one end and then the other in cold water for five minutes the stew was warmed and cooked. ❋ Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission (N/A)
Separate from the mass any unslacked carbide remaining and return it to the containers, adding now carbide as required. ❋ W. J. Atkinson Butterfield (N/A)
But nothing of the sort; it sinks entirely out of sight for two or three and sometimes four generations; and then appears solid, in one individual, as unslacked as the pure, original thing. ❋ Joseph Hergesheimer (1917)
Put half a bushel of unslacked lime in a barrel; cover it with hot water; stir occasionally, and keep the vessel well covered. ❋ Marion Mills Miller (1906)
When put in the hopper, mix a bushel of unslacked lime with ten bushels of ashes; put in a layer of ashes; then one slight sprinkling of lime; wet each layer with water (rain water is best). ❋ Marion Mills Miller (1906)
Beat, beat, beat, those flashing pinions went with speed unslacked on the now familiar road. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)
As the British had a reputation for boarding, a large barrel of unslacked lime was provided to fling in the faces of the boarders. ❋ Unknown (1886)
At midnight the fire was raging and roaring with unslacked rage, and at dawn of Thursday its fury was undiminished. ❋ Charles Morris (1877)
Get a bushel of unslacked lime, slack it in a barrel with boiling water, then add about a gallon of flour-paste, and a little bluing, to improve the whiteness. ❋ Unknown (1875)
Pour twelve quarts of boiling water upon five pounds of unslacked lime. ❋ Unknown (1865)
Bore some holes in a lye barrel, put some straw in the bottom, lay some unslacked lime on it, and fill your barrel with good hard wood ashes, wet it, and pound it down as you put it in. ❋ Unknown (1865)
Sour casks are purified by pouring in a small quantity of hot water, and adding unslacked lime; bung up the cask, and continue shaking it till the lime is slacked. ❋ Unknown (1863)
Person 1 "[Gabby] is [always on] facebook these days"
Person 2 "Yeah she seriously needs to [unslack]!" ❋ Jeevs88 (2009)
