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Quicklime is quick (that is, alive, as in the quick and the dead) because it is anhydrous (Greek for unwatered) and soaks up water with a vengeance to make slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, from CaO + H2O), which is what makes quicklime so useful as the binding agent in mortar, cement, and concrete.
Carnegie also describes namma-holes and soaks as sources of water.
Soaks are shallow wells sunk near the base of an outcrop to tap an underground reservoir.
Next, the slides were washed in PBS for three 10-minute soaks.