Whitewash, slaked quicklime, reduced to the consistency of milk by means of water. It is used for colouring walls, and as a disinfectant. If merely for colouring, a little size is added, but not when used for sanitary purposes.
Whitewash
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 644
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