limaturen.
/ˈlʌɪmətjʊə/ Now rare or Obsolete.
Metal filings.In modern dictionaries, which, however, give as the first sense ‘The act of filing’, without quot. or reference.
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c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 99 Limature of iren... Limature of bras.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick vi. iv. 180 Take three or four pounds of the limature of Iron, wash it well [etc.].
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
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