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Back walls are rounded to withstand the region’s famously strong Mistral winds, while the white quicklime that coats the structures fends off the worst of the summer heat.—Lily Templeton, WWD, 15 June 2024 Studying the architecture of the Maya ruins of Copán, south of Tikal, and consulting indigenous people in the area, a team of mineralogists from the University of Granada in Spain found in that Maya builders infused their quicklime with the sap of two native tree species, chukum and jiote.—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023 Allen used significant amounts of quicklime, a chemical powder, to boil the moisture from the dirt.—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023 These were variously used by pilgrims, passing merchants (whose donations were a vital source of income) and resident ascetics, some of whom submitted themselves to ordeals such as lying on caustic quicklime, wearing heavy chains, or keeping an arm in one position for years on end.—CNN, 31 Oct. 2018 See all Example Sentences for quicklime
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