Limekiln
[laimkiln]
Definition
(noun.) a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime.
Checker: Salvatore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a lime-kiln, foretells the immediate future holds no favor for speculations in love or business
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Examples
- I knew very well, however, that the appointed place was the little sluice-house by the limekiln on the marshes, and the hour nine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn't have come to life again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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