Lime - Ishibai

Japanese: 石灰 - いしばい

〘Noun〙① A general term for quicklime (calcium oxide) obtained by burning limestone or shells, weathered lime that is powdered by exposing it to air, and slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) that is powdered by adding water and heating it. Since ancient times, it has been used for disinfection, fertilizer, plaster , etc. Sesquiole. [10-volume Wamyosho (around 934)]② An inferior type of liquor that uses ① as a preservative. It is no longer found today.

Lime

〘Noun〙 Quicklime (calcium oxide) or slaked lime (calcium hydroxide). It can also include limestone (calcium carbonate). Ishibai. ※Shakusu Orai (1439-64) "Japanese medicinal ingredients such as Rehmannia, deer antler, lime, sulfur and kudzu" [Book of the Later Han - Biography of Yang Xuan]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 石灰石や貝殻などを焼いて得られる生石灰（酸化カルシウム）、それを空気中にさらして粉末となった風化石灰、また、水を加えて発熱させ粉末とした消石灰（水酸化カルシウム）の総称。古くから、消毒、肥料、漆喰(しっくい)などに使用。せっかい。〔十巻本和名抄（934頃）〕② ①を防腐剤として用いた下等な酒。現在は見られない。