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Definition of Limekiln
1. Noun. A kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime.
Definition of Limekiln
1. n. A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
Definition of Limekiln
1. Noun. a furnace used to produce lime from limestone ¹
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Definition of Limekiln
1. a furnace in which shells are burned to produce lime [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limekiln
Literary usage of Limekiln
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Bristol Potteries: Being an Account of the Old Potters and Potteries of by William J. Pountney (1920)
"There seem to have been two distinct potteries, the "Upper" and the " Lower,"
but whether they both faced limekiln Lane, or whether one was higher up on ..."
2. The Geology of the Weald: (parts of the Counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex by William Topley, Robert Etheridge, Geological Survey of Great Britain (1875)
"The beds seen here correspond with the section in limekiln Wood from the shale
... limekiln Wood.—This lies to the north of Netherfield Toll, upon the road ..."
3. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1907)
"AT THE DEVIL'S limekiln So on they went to the point, where the cyclopean wall
of granite cliff, which forms the western side of Lundy, ends sheer in a ..."
4. A Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the Use of Young Ladies at Home, and at by Catharine Esther Beecher (1854)
"... or, if neither be at hand, give vinegar, freely In case of stupefaction, from
the fumes of charcoal, or from entering a well, limekiln, or coal mine, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The two sources of saving jointly sometimes considerably exceed the fuel expenditure
in the limekiln daring the process of burning the lime ; thus at Ougrée ..."
6. Anecdotes and Examples Illustrating the Catholic Catechism by Francis Spirago (1904)
"THE ERRAND TO THE limekiln Elizabeth, queen of Portugal, whose remains rest at
... and bade him repair at once to the limekiln, and inquire of the ..."
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