chloride of lime

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chloride of lime: see bleaching powder bleaching powder, white or nearly white powder that is usually a mixture of calcium chloride hypochlorite, CaCl(OCl); calcium hypochlorite, Ca(OCl)₂; and calcium chloride, CaCl₂.
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He therefore approached the bed, and while his companion was dipping the fingers with which he had touched the lips of the corpse in chloride of lime, he uncovered the calm and pale face, which looked like that of a sleeping angel.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

The bare walls gave out a heavy hospital smell of chloride of lime.

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