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Flare kilns were shaped like the top and neck of a bottle and used to burn chalk and limestone into quicklime, which would then be used for construction.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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
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“Quicklime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quicklime. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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quicklime
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quick·lime
ˈkwik-ˌlīm 
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