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▪ I. ˈlimer1 Obs. (exc. arch.)
Also 4–5 lymer(e, 5 lemer, lymour, -eer, 5–6 lymmer, limmer, 5, 7 lemor, (corrupt forms 6–8 levyner, -iner, lyemmer), 7–9 leamer.
[a. AF. limer = OF. liemier (mod.F. limier), f. OF. liem (F. lien) leash: see lien1 and lyam.]
A kind of hound, properly a leash-hound; in early use (and now arch.) a bloodhound; later, a mongrel.
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 362 There ouertoke I a grete route Of hunters and eke of foresters, And many relayes and lymers. c1400Sowdone Bab. 56 With Alauntes, Lymmeris and Racches free. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 21444 They berke, they byte, ryht felly,..The grete lemerys wer so strong. c1440Partonope 530 Fayre Grehoundes and grete lymours. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 15 Hauithe youre loke and holdithe youre hede ferme as a best that is called a lymer. 1486Bk. St. Albans F iv b, Theis be the namys of houndes..a Mastyfe, a Lemor, a Spanyell. 1538Elyot Dict., Hybrida, is a dogge, ingendred betwyxte a hounde and a mastyue, called a lymmar, or mongrell. [1570J. Caius De Canibus Brit. 11 b, A leuitate, Leuyner, à loro Lyemmer appelatur is quem Leuinarium & Lorarium latine nominauimus.] 1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs in Arb. Garner III. 264 Of the Levyner or the Lyemmer. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 185/1 The Leviner, or Lyemmer, or Leamer; so called from the Leam, or Lyne wherewith they are led. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Limer, a great Dog to hunt the wild Boar. 1828Webster, Leamer, a dog, a kind of hound. 1897D. H. Madden Diary Wm. Silence 65 The bloodhound, or limer, would have been entitled to the first share [of the hart's paunch].
▪ II. limer2|ˈlaɪmə(r)|
[f. lime v.1 + -er1.]
One who limes; one who snares with bird-lime; one who limewashes. Also a brush used for lime-washing. (See also white-limer.)
1611Cotgr., Blanchisseur, a white dauber, or white limer. a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 347/1 Hair, such as the White Limers use. 1655Speymouth Session Rec. 20 David Dunbar was desyred to agree with some lymers for as much lyme as would serve. 1872Daily News 8 June, She was only furnishing the Whitechapel trappers and limers with a new and valuable kind of quarry. 1894P. N. Hasluck House Decoration 67 In some parts of the country this ‘limer’ is the principal ceiling-brush used... Limers of the best kind are as expensive as distemper brushes.
▪ III. limer3 W. Indies.|ˈlaɪmə(r)|
[Etym. unknown.]
A person who hangs about the streets. Hence (as a back-formation) lime v.4 intr., to hang about the streets; also ˈliming vbl. n.3
Said to have been used in the 1940s but printed evidence is lacking.
1970Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 6 Jan. 4 ‘Limers’ are a menace on High Street at night. 1972Ibid. 4 Feb. 21 One ride in a route taxi and a little liming in Frederick Street..would uncover whatever the wooding group may have forgotten. 1973Sunday Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 1 Apr. (Suppl.) 13/1 Staying a minute more to lime. Ibid. 8 Apr. 13/3 Now I confess that in the past I have often had cause to voice a complaint about his penchant for ole talking and liming. 1974Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 3 Mar. 16/6 The limers' attire ranges from the sophisticated to the ridiculous. |