Cream of lime

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	A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
	A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.

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After having the niggers (who had been feeding the cane) pour cream of lime on the rollers to keep everything sweet, I sent them out to join the cane-cutting squads.

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