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Definition: HYDRAULIC LIMESTONE

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. A limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, under water.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: HYDRAULIC LIMESTONE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. A limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, under water.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: HYDRAULIC LIMESTONE

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Hydraulic limestoneA limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, under water. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: HYDRAULIC LIMESTONE

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Hydraulic limestoneMiningAn impure limestone that contains silica and alumina (usually as clay) in varying proportions and that yields, upon calcining, a cement that will harden underwater. See also: cement rock. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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