Quick(lime) to point out.

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/6/2010 12:25 PM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
>I don't want to beat a slow horse, but I think the concept of "quick" found
>in a mason's quicklime means something other than fast. It's lime with a
>vital principle. Or has this already been discussed?

Or perhaps to the concept of "unquick", as in use its use in burials.

Joel

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