limen.1
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/ 1.
a. A viscous sticky substance prepared from the bark of the holly and used for catching small birds; = birdlime n. Now only poetic. (In Old English any adhesive substance, e.g. glue, paste.)
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > bird-lime
limea700
gluec1380
birdlime?c1400
a700 Epinal Gloss. 133 Bitumen, lim.
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 95 Ic beswice fugelas hwilon mid neton mid grinum mid lime.
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) 258 Swaswa lim gefæstnað fel to sumum brede.
a1250 O. & N. (Jesus Oxf.) 1056 Þe louerd..Lym [Cott. liim] and grune.. Sette and leyde þe for to lacche.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29082 Mani man..perist was als fuxl in lime.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/1 Lyme, to take wythe byrdys, viscus.
1565–6 Churchwardens' Accts. in T. North Chron. S. Martin in Leicester (1866) 166 For Lyme to catche ye sterlyngs in ye churche, vijd.
a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxi. 34 I fand My fethers in the lyme.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 55 Toils for Beasts, and Lime for Birds were found. View more context for this quotation
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 377 The Bark [of Holly] begins to be full of Lime.
a1850 W. Wordsworth in Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with.
b. in allusive phrases (cf. lime v.1 2, 3).
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13.. K. Alis. 419 Heo bylevith in folie So in the lym doth the flye.
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 83 For Fier with Erth hath most concord of all; Because that siccitie is the lyme of heate.
1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow (1882) 20 Philamour that was first caught in the lime, was most of all tormented in his loue.
1604 W. Alexander Paraenesis to Prince sig. Bv While fancies are not glu'de with pleasures lime.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 68 You must lay Lime, to tangle her desires By walefull Sonnets. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 244 Monster, come put some Lime vpon your fingers, and away with the rest. View more context for this quotation
2. Usually coupled with stone: Mortar or cement used in building. In quot. c1230 figurative. Now Scottish.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun]
limec725
mortara1300
cementc1300
simmona1450
magnetine1890
magnesia cement1909
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > lime
limec725
c725 Corpus Gloss. C 320 Cementum: liim, lapidum.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 314/23 Cementum, lim to wealle.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16285 Þatt draȝhenn swerd wass inn an hannd. & lim & stan inn oþerr.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 117 Se feste ilimet wið lim of anred luue euch of ow to oþer.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7894 Ich habbe lim [c1300 Otho lym] & stan on leode nis betere nan.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 25468 Castel mad o lime and stane.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2552 Ðo sette sundri hem to waken His tigel and lim and walles maken.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 209 Þe churche is taken..for þe hous of liym and stoon, þat conteyneþ sich men.
a1400–50 Alexander 5088 Þar was a cite in þat side asisid all with gemmes, With-outen lyme or laire.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 680 Mudwall werk withoutyn lym or stayn.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 25 King Richard lies Within the limites of yon lime and stone. View more context for this quotation
1745 J. Ware Wks. conc. Irel. I. 127 Those slender round Towers of Lime and Stone, which are seen spread through divers Parts of the Country.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 73 Your ruin'd, formless bulk o' stane and lime.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd i. 25 Throu' the thick stane and the lime, He slippit like a beam throu' glass.
1903 N.E.D. at Lime Mod. Sc. A stane-an'-lime wa' is better nor a dry-stane dyke.
3. † b. = lime-wash n. and vb. at Compounds 2. Obsolete.† d. oil of lime [French huile de chaux] : an old name for the so-called ‘chloride of lime’ in a state of deliquescence.
a. The alkaline earth which is the chief constituent of mortar; calcium oxide (CaO). It is obtained by submitting limestone (carbonate of lime) to a red heat, by which the carbonic acid is driven off, leaving a brittle white solid, which is pure lime (or quicklime n.). It is powerfully caustic and combines readily with water, evolving great heat in the process, and forming hydrate of lime ( slaked lime).The designations carbonate of lime, phosphate of lime, etc., are still current in popular use, though in technical language they have given place to the more systematic terms calcium carbonate (or carbonate of calcium), etc. chloride of lime: see chloride n. 2.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > native earths > [noun] > lime
limea1000
white limea1387
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > calcium > [noun] > compounds
limea1000
Homberg's phosphorus1731
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > slaked lime
slaked lime1622
cream of lime1770
slack-lime1840
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 197/16 Calcis uiua, gebærnd lim.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxiii. 838 Lyme is ycleped hoot..for while it is colde in handelyng it conteyneþ priueliche wiþinne fyre and gret hete.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 122 Caste aboue þe wounde þe poudre of lym tofore seid.
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 217 Tak arpment, & slekyd lyme, & argoyle.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxiii. B The people shalbe burnt like lyme.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 123 You rogue, heeres lime in this sacke too. View more context for this quotation
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xliii. 103 Since the Spanish Sacks haue beene common in our Tavernes, which (for conservation) is mingled with Lyme in its making, our Nation complaineth of Calenturas, of the Stone,..and infinite other Diseases..
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 137 They were now (like Sand without Lyme), ill bound together.
1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 32 Lime, when properly and judiciously applied, ranks first amongst the class of manures.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 488 Lime is detected most effectually by the oxalic acid, which..forms with it an insoluble precipitate.
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 130 Lime is found in chalk, marble, &c., and is the basis of animal bones.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 489/1 Phosphate of lime has been recommended in rickets.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > whitewash
white limec1300
whitewash?1584
lime?1593
lime-wash1823
?1593 Rites of Durham (Lawson MS. 1656) xxxix Which pictures have been washed over wth Lime, and yet do appear through the Lime.
c. lime and hair: a kind of plasterer's cement to which hair is added to bind the mixture closely together. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > other kinds of plaster
lime-slab1608
roughcast1609
lime and hair1626
parge1649
chunam1687
impastation1728
stuff1812
mastic paint1839
parget1842
Parian cement1858
Madras stucco1859
Keene's cement1869
gatch1886
Parian1886
1626 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 181 For lyme and haire for lymeinge the wyndowes, viijd.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 46 Lime and Haire Birdcage-like-Buildings.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 640 Cements..used by plasterers for inside work. The first is called lime and hair, or coarse stuff.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > other lime solutions
oil of lime1471
poison lime1883
lime1885
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Adm. vii. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 191 Oyle of Lime [printed Lune] and water.
1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 76.
1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 275.
e. A vat containing a solution of lime for removing the hair from skins; the solution itself.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for removing flesh or hair > vat of lime solution
bate1804
lime1885
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > other lime solutions
oil of lime1471
poison lime1883
lime1885
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > leather-making materials > [noun] > preparation for removing hair
poison lime1883
lime1885
1885 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xxxii. 525 When sufficiently softened the skins are next placed in the ‘limes’... The goat-skins remain in the ‘limes’ about 14 days.
1903 L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning 6 When vat room is scarce, it is good practice to haul the skins out after they have been in the lime a few days.
1946 J. W. Waterer Leather ii. ii. 137 The practice of passing the ‘packs’ of hides..through a series of liquors, commencing with an old or ‘mellow’ lime.
1969 T. C. Thorstensen Pract. Leather Technol. vi. 87 When the hide is introduced into the lime.
a. The calx n. of metals. Obsolete.
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1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 225 Metals, after they are reduc'd into Lime.
b. Used generically for: an alkaline earth. Obsolete.
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1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 5 When this [aerial, i.e. carbonic] acid is expelled, the earth..is then called lime, or common or calcareous lime, to distinguish it from other earths, which also form limes, when free from all combinations, viz. the Barytic and Scottish earths.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. Also lime-burner n., lime-fingered adj., lime-kiln n., limelight n., lime-pit n., lime-pot n., lime-rod n., limestone n., lime-twig n., lime-water n., lime-wort n.1, etc.
a. † lime-coop n. Obsolete† lime-fat n. Obsolete† lime quarrel n. Obsolete† lime tub n. Obsolete
lime-basket n.
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1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xviii. 306 Mr. Chitling..‘wished he might be busted if he wasn't as dry as a lime-basket’.
lime-burn n.
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1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 538 The 2 lime-burns occurred in plasterers.
lime-burning v.
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1860 J. S. C. Abbott South & North 196 [Slaves] employed..in lime-burning or fishing.
lime-cask n.
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1865 H. B. Stowe House & Home Papers 94 Seating himself on a lime-cask which the plasterers had left.
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1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 17 A Lime-coop, a Cart or Wain made close with Boards, to carry any thing that otherwise would fall out.
lime-crag n.
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1649 Burgh. Rec. Glasgow (1881) II. 177 Anent the coall and lymecraig it is ordourit [etc.].
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1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 19 Cussions, stuffed with horse here [etc.], which is wrought in lyme fattes.
lime-grout n.
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1875 R. R. Brash Eccl. Archit. Ireland 8 The interior of the walls is filled with small stones and lime-grout.
lime-hater n.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > that like particular type of soil
halophyte1879
psammophile1888
pelophile1905
lime-hater1907
lime-lover1907
acidophil1930
nitrophile1930
calcicole1932
calcifuge1946
glycophyte1947
1907 R. J. Farrer My Rock-garden x. 148 The plant [sc. Cenisia excisa]..is a real lime-hater.
1935 A. G. L. Hellyer Pract. Gardening xv. 112 The best plan is to set aside a portion of the rock-garden for lime-haters.
lime-hating adj.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > that likes particular type of soil
muddy1818
glareal1847
sabulose1866
psammophilous1869
calcicole1882
calcicolous1886
pelophilous1888
halophytic1895
salsuginous1897
psammophile1901
silicicolous1901
gypsophilous1902
nitrophilous1903
calciphobous1907
calcifuge1909
calciphilous1909
lime-loving1916
calciphile1934
lime-hating1935
psammophilic1939
silicicole1965
nitrophilic1971
1935 A. G. L. Hellyer Pract. Gardening Index 284/1 Lime hating plants.
1971 Country Life 18 Feb. 368/1 For some reason, many of the lime-hating shrubs have only white flowers.
lime-keeve n.
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1574 in Worth Tavistock Par. Acc. (1887) 30 For mending of the lyme Keve, vjd.
lime-lover n.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > that like particular type of soil
halophyte1879
psammophile1888
pelophile1905
lime-hater1907
lime-lover1907
acidophil1930
nitrophile1930
calcicole1932
calcifuge1946
glycophyte1947
1907 R. J. Farrer My Rock-garden i. 12 At this point I will not embark on the awful question of lime-lovers and peat-lovers.
1971 P. Underwood Grey & Silver Plants iv. 35 The root fibres of the lime-lovers will wrap themselves round individual [limestone] chippings.
lime-loving adj.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > that likes particular type of soil
muddy1818
glareal1847
sabulose1866
psammophilous1869
calcicole1882
calcicolous1886
pelophilous1888
halophytic1895
salsuginous1897
psammophile1901
silicicolous1901
gypsophilous1902
nitrophilous1903
calciphobous1907
calcifuge1909
calciphilous1909
lime-loving1916
calciphile1934
lime-hating1935
psammophilic1939
silicicole1965
nitrophilic1971
1916 Nature 2 Nov. 172/2 It seems probable from the evidence now before us that some of Forrest's newly discovered Chinese rhododendrons..must be reckoned as lime-loving species.
1956 D. McClintock & R. S. R. Fitter Collins' Pocket Guide Wild Flowers 306 Limestone Polypody..is the lime-loving counterpart of the Oak Fern.
1974 Country Life 28 Nov. 1660/1 Used mushroom compost..is greatly appreciated by lime-loving cherries.
lime-maker n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of lime
lime-burner1329
lime-maker1574
lime-man1703
1574 J. Baret Aluearie L 441 A limemaker, calcarius.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6128/3 Edward Brent, Lime-maker.
lime-man n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of lime
lime-burner1329
lime-maker1574
lime-man1703
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 208 Many Lime-men, (and some of those Bricklayers that are in Fee with 'em) may speak against this Practice.
lime-merchant n.
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1710 London Gaz. No. 4789/4 William Ball,..Lyme-Merchant.
lime-mortar n.
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1764 Coll. New-Hampsh. Hist. Soc. IX. 168 Capt. Walker's son came and made my lime mortar.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 275 Smeared over with common lime mortar.
lime-ooze n.
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1867 J. N. Edwards Shelby xxix. 498 He..disappeared for a moment beneath lime ooze, half tanned hides and the smell of a charnel house.
lime-process n.
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1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lime process, the method of getting coal by the use of the lime cartridge.
1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lime process of sewage purification.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > place where lime found
lime quarrel1641
lime quarrya1649
1641 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) V. 452/1 To haue and win Lymestones in the lyme quarrells, pairtis and boundis of the Toune and Landis of Paistoun [etc.].
lime quarrier n.
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1753 Scots Mag. 15 52/1 John Potty, a lime-quarrier.
lime quarry n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > place where lime found
lime quarrel1641
lime quarrya1649
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 187 That Coal-Pits, Lime-Quarries, within Fourty Foots of the King's High-ways, be filled up.
1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 34 The lime quarries of Alberese.
lime-salt n.
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1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 71 A salt of this acid gives, in lime salts, a semi-solid precipitate.
lime-scow n.
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1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. iv. 54 Did'ee ever see a ship, man? or any craft bigger than a lime-scow, or a wood-boat, on this here small bit of fresh water?
lime-scuttle n.
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1865 F. Martin Life J. Clare 62 He sat down upon his lime~scuttle.
lime-sifter n.
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1771 in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 129 Give my service to Mr. Deards and desire Him to send 1 Coarse lime sifter.
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1541 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 176 Ane skep, ane schod schuill, with ane lym tub.
lime-wagon n.
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1864 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston vi. 79 No one ever knew a lime-wagon or a woodsled to give an inch of road to a lighter vehicle.
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lime-daubed adj.
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1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 105 As sorry makeshifts for scenery as the lime-daubed tinker who acted Wall.
lime-dressed adj.
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1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris I. 279 The English lime~dressed vellum had been found almost useless for fine work.
lime-free adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > limy/lime-free
limy1676
lime-free1935
1935 A. G. L. Hellyer Pract. Gardening iii. 34 It is wise to make enquiry when ordering rock plants and shrubs as to whether any of those supplied are likely to require lime-free soil.
1974 Country Life 28 Nov. 1639/1 V[iburnum] furcatum.. needs a lime-free soil.
lime-like adj.
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1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 141 A salt taste, with something lime-like or lixivial.
C2. † lime-bush n. Obsolete a bush dressed with birdlime; hence, a means of entanglement.† lime-chalk n. Obsolete quicklime.† lime-core n. Obsolete unslakable lumps in quick-lime. † lime-yard n. Obsolete = lime-twig n.
lime-ash n. dialect a composition of ashes and lime used as a rough kind of flooring for kitchens, etc.
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1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iii. 96 The lime ash-floor..costs 6d. in the square yard, tempering and laying down.
1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 195 Their clothes dripping pools of water on the sanded lime-ash.
lime-ball n. (also lime-ball light) limelight.
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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > limelight > ball of lime producing
lime-ball1830
1830 Drummond in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 120 391 The intensity of the lime~ball being therefore 264 times that of the Argand lamp.
1835 Edinb. Rev. 61 238 The lime-ball light of Lieutenant Drummond.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > bird-lime > twig or bush smeared with
lime-yard1377
lime-rodc1386
lime-twig?a1400
lime-bush1575
twiga1616
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 51v No other thinges are the riches of the world, but..a stumbling blocke for the wicked, a limebushe for the good.
a1634 J. Day Peregrinatio Scholastica (Sloane 3150) f. 13 Like a fishe in a net, or a selie Bird in a Limebushe.
lime-cartridge n. (see quot.).
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1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lime cartridge, a charge or measured quantity of compressed dry caustic lime made up into a cartridge, and used instead of gunpowder and in a somewhat similar manner for breaking down coal.
lime-cast n. a covering or layer of lime mortar; also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > plastered work
pargetc1400
plastering1538
casting1565
plasterwork1600
parge1649
parge-work1649
plastery1723
dashing1812
flatting1829
lime-cast1861
1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia 96 Here, much hidden by lime-cast, I made out the inscription.
1873 E. O'Curry Manners Anc. Irish III. 16 Many lofty lime-cast castles, built of limestone.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > quicklime
quicklimea1400
calx1581
lime-chalk1637
roche lime1721
shells1743
sharp lime1772
1637 T. Heywood Anna & Phillis in Dial. in Wks. (1874) VI. 320 Water doth make the lime-chalk scortch with heat.
lime-coal n. (see quot.).
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1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lime coal, small coal suitable for lime burning.
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1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 132 Good dry Earth, Lime-Core, Rubbish, &c.
lime-cylinder n. a cylinder of lime used in the production of limelight.
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1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. ix. 64 Let the lime-cylinders then be raised to incandescence by means of the oxyhydrogen gas.
lime-liniment n. (see quot.).
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1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 173 Lime Liniment is an emulsion of calcareous soap and free oil.
lime-liquid n. liquid grout of lime.
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1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 78 Filling..the inside with small Stones, and Lime-liquid.
lime-marl n. (see quot.).
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 772 This true limestone must not be confounded with the lime-marl, composed of calcareous matter and clay.
lime-milk n. milk of lime, slaked lime diffused in water.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [noun] > solution of lime and water
lime-water1682
lime-milk1702
1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 10 Whiten it Three or Four times together with Lime-Milk.
lime ointment n. an ointment consisting of slaked lime, lard, and olive oil ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888).
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lime-phial n. Historical a phial filled with quicklime, fixed at the end of an arrow, used in medieval warfare for the purpose of blinding the enemy (Hewitt Anc. Armour III. 759, Index; cf. Strutt Horda Angelcynnan I. 98).
lime-putty n. (a) (see quot.); (b) = lime-slab n.
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1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Lime-putty, ordinary lime run through a fine sieve.
lime-rock n. limestone (? now North American).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone
limestone1523
scagliola1582
lime-rock1665
scaglia1774
1665 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) III. 66 Those Lime Rocks about Hackletons lime Killne shal be perpetually Common.
1673 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) III. 229 To fetch for their use as much lime Rock from the rock..as they please.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 547 A dry sharp soil to work upon mostly covering lime rock.
1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 June 7/1 He had to tow empty scows from the cement works to Tod Inlet and back with full scows of limerock for making cement.
lime-rubbish n. broken mortar from old walls, etc., used as a dressing for land.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers > other natural fertilizers
marl1280
pomacec1450
cod's head1545
buck-ashes1563
bucking-ashes1577
guano1604
greaves1614
rape cake1634
muck1660
wool-nipping1669
willow-earth1683
green dressing1732
bone flour1758
bone powder1758
poudrette1764
bone dust1771
green manure1785
fish-manure1788
wassal1797
lime-rubbish1805
Bude sand1808
bone1813
cancerine1840
inch-bones1846
bonemeal1849
silver sand1851
fish guano1857
food1857
terramare1866
kainite1868
fish-flour1879
soil1879
fish-scrap1881
gas lime1882
bean cake1887
inoculant1916
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 270 Lime rubbish from the pulling down of old houses.
1884 Culture of Veg. & Flowers (Sutton & Sons) (1885) 88 Old gardens should be refreshed with a dressing of lime occasionally, or of lime rubbish from old buildings.
lime-shells n. burnt lime before it is slaked.
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1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 202 To strong land they give from 40 to 70 bolls of lime shells to the Scotch acre.
lime-silicate adj. Geology applied to a rock which was originally an impure limestone or dolomite and has been thermally metamorphosed, with the result that the lime has combined with silica present as impurities to form calcium silicates.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > mineral or chemical composition > [adjective] > containing specific mineral
siliceous1656
auriferous1744
siliciferous1794
silicited1794
talcose1794
aluminiferous1804
silicated1806
venigenous1817
stanniferous1823
alumiferous1826
quartziferous1831
quartzofeldspathic1839
stannified1855
tinnified1855
acidic1876
lime-silicate1888
peralkalic1902
potassic1902
sodic1902
sodipotassic1902
felsic1912
peralkaline1913
peraluminous1927
1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 464/2 Lime-silicate hornfels.
1902 A. Harker Petrol. (ed. 3) xx. 306 The carbonic acid is completely eliminated, and the whole converted into a lime-silicate-rock (the German ‘Kalksilikathornfels’ or ‘Kalkhornfels’).
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 153/1 Lime-silicate dyke rocks in the ultramafic rocks of southern Westland.
lime-sink n. a rounded depression in the earth found in limestone districts.
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1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 9 Ponds and lime sinks are numerous between the..rivers.
1845 C. Lyell Trav. N. Amer. I. 176 Lime-sinks or funnel-shaped cavities, are frequent in this country arising from natural tunnels and cavities in the subjacent limestone.
lime-slab n. a pasty smooth composition of slaked lime and water used in plastering.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > other kinds of plaster
lime-slab1608
roughcast1609
lime and hair1626
parge1649
chunam1687
impastation1728
stuff1812
mastic paint1839
parget1842
Parian cement1858
Madras stucco1859
Keene's cement1869
gatch1886
Parian1886
1608–9 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 305 Barrowefull lyme slabb 6d.
lime soap n. a mixture of insoluble calcium salts of fatty acids formed as a precipitate when soap is used in hard water and manufactured for various industrial purposes.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > type of soap > specific
hard soap?a1425
oatmeal soapa1525
spatarent soap1526
Castile soap1631
Naples soapa1739
yellow soap1762
honey soap1772
curd soap1780
primrose soap1796
palm soap1821
Gallipoli soap1822
Windsor soap1822
Windsor1836
Venice soap1842
scum-soap1852
sand-soap1855
lime soap1857
marine soap1857
sassafras soap1860
carbolic soap1863
sulphur soap1894
opopanax soap1897
primrose1899
rock1903
carbolic1907
Crazy Foam1965
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. vi. 373 The tallow is melted by injecting hot steam into the vat which contains it, and milk of lime is added... An insoluble lime soap is thus formed.
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 28 The lime..unites with the oil and tallow, forming what is called an insoluble lime soap.
1918 C. M. Whittaker Applic. Coal Tar Dyestuffs iii. 36 Lime soaps may be removed by treatment with spirits of salts.
1952 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. VIII. 524 The use of lime-soap thickened lubricants for the wheels of chariots dates back as far as 1400 b.c... In modern times, however, the manufacture of lubricating greases—also by means of lime soaps—started about 1854.
1961 Cohen & Linton Chem. & Textiles for Laundry Industry iii. 46 Pure lime soap is more or less white when it is formed... If we accept a laundryman's concept of lime soap, on the other hand, we are talking about a dingy, gray, boardy impregnation that builds up in fabrics and defies all efforts to attain good whiteness.
lime-soda n. attributive applied to a process for softening water by treatment with lime and sodium carbonate.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > desalination or softening of water > [adjective] > process or apparatus
lime-soda1930
multiflash1964
1930 Engineering 15 Aug. 219/1 It [sc. the base exchange method] gives rise to no precipitate whatever, and this avoids what in the lime-soda process is often a cause of difficulty.
1950 B. E. Hartsuch Introd. Textile Chem. iv. 92 The lime-soda method for softening water is the oldest and is still most used for very large softening plants.
1970 Kirk-Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) XXII. 98 The lime or lime-soda process is based upon precipitation of calcium as calcium carbonate and magnesium as magnesium hydroxide.
lime-sour n. = grey sour n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a) ( Cent. Dict.).
lime-sulphur n. an insecticide and fungicide containing calcium polysulphides which is made by boiling lime and sulphur in water.
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1907 Bull. Bureau Chem., U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 101. 12 The next set of experiments was to determine the composition of lime-sulphur mixtures boiled the same length of time.., but containing varying quantities of lime and sulphur.
1913 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 39 378 It appears unsafe to spray many varieties of gooseberries with either lime-sulphur or liver of sulphur.
1937 A. M. Massee Pests of Fruits & Hops xiv. 266 In the post-blossom sprays..lime-sulphur is used as an acaricide as well as a fungicide, and it is then used at a strength of 1 per cent..for the control of the Fruit Tree Red Spider and Apple Scab.
1968 R. Hay Gardening Year 472/3 Lime sulphur can also be used against big bud mites on black currants, American gooseberry mildew and peach leaf curl.
lime-wash n. and v. (a) n. a mixture of lime and water, used for coating walls, etc.; (b) v. to whitewash with such a mixture.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > whiten with specific substance
limec1440
chalk1633
whitewash1722
lime-white1777
lime-wash1823
hearthstone1838
pipeclaya1839
white-stone1838
kalsomine1840
blanco1912
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > whitewash
white limec1300
whitewash?1584
lime?1593
lime-wash1823
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 168 Old Fruit Trees..may be restored..by the application of a good strong lime-wash.
1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 126 In using lime-wash, it is better to put two thin coats on a wall than one thick one.
1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 305 The walls and ceilings are ordered to be lime~washed twice a-year.
lime-white v. (also lime-whiten) to lime-wash.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > whiten with specific substance
limec1440
chalk1633
whitewash1722
lime-white1777
lime-wash1823
hearthstone1838
pipeclaya1839
white-stone1838
kalsomine1840
blanco1912
1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 359 It was scraped and lime-whited once a year.
1861 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 3 221 The walls were lime-whitened.
lime-work n. †(a) stucco (quot. 1589); (b) a place where lime is made (also plural).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > coarse
lime-work1589
stuc1632
compositiona1719
stucco1734
compo1823
society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > lime
lime-pitc1440
firepita1500
lime-work1692
1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 870 Lime-worke, albarium opus, albarium.
1692 London Gaz. No. 2819/1 Since the destroying of the Lime-Works by our Dragoons.
1808 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Inverness i. 41 A lime-work belonging to Sir James Grant of Grant.
1971 Country Life 1 Apr. 743/3 We struck east across the A515..to re-cross the road farther north by a limeworks.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > bird-lime > twig or bush smeared with
lime-yard1377
lime-rodc1386
lime-twig?a1400
lime-bush1575
twiga1616
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 179 Leccherye in likyng is lymeȝerde of helle.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/1 Lyme ȝerde, viminarium, viscarium.
C3. In names of minerals, denoting the presence of lime or calcium, e.g. lime-marl, -slate. † lime-harmotome n. Obsolete phillipsite. † lime-mesotype n. Obsolete scolecite. † lime-uranite n. Obsolete autunite.
lime-epidote n. zoisite.
lime-feldspar n. triclinic feldspar containing calcium.
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1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 56 Labradorite, or lime-feldspar.
1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 157 Lime-feldspar, a syn. of anorthite.
lime-malachite n. an impure malachite containing calcite.
lime-wavellite n. ‘a variety of wavellite, supposed to contain lime as an essential ingredient’ (A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 1896).
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1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 192 Saussure has minutely described a singular transition from granite to limeslate.
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limescale n. (as a mass noun) a hard whitish deposit that tends to accumulate on surfaces in contact with water, esp. heated water (as in kettles and pipes); (as a count noun) an individual piece or flake of this; = scale n.2 5c; cf. fur n.1 6c.It consists chiefly of calcium carbonate, which is present in hard water.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on metal > scale or fur
pan-scratch1779
limescale1841
scale1875
scurf1884
scurfing1884
furring1885
birdnesting1893
1841 Iron 21 Aug. 169/1 Its separated ends were covered with old lime scale.
1854 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 58 357 On some parts of the bottom..of the boilers, I found heavy lime scales, which I judge to be between one-eighth and three-sixteenths of an inch thick.
1943 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 15 1203 Trouble from lime scale and cloth blinding was reduced by 50 per cent.
2008 M. Monroe She had it Coming lii. 259 Thanks to him, I probably knew more about grout, lime scales, and rust stains than Mr. Clean.
2010 Ideal Home May 152/2 Blitz the loo with disinfectant, leaving to work its magic while you tackle limescale on the shower head.
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limen.2
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/ a. The globular fruit of the tree Citrus Medica, var. acida, smaller than the lemon and of a more acid taste; more explicitly sour lime. Its juice is much used as a beverage. sweet lime n. Citrus Medica, var. Limetta.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > lime
lime1638
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > lime
pome-adam1600
lime1638
Java lemon1831
poor man1912
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 28 The Ile [Mohelia] inricht us with many good things;..Orenges, Lemons, Lymes.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World x. 296 The Lime is a sort of bastard or Crab-limon. The Tree, or Bush that bears it is prickly, like a Thorn, growing full of small boughs.
1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 82 To where the Lemon and the piercing Lime,..Their lighter Glories blend.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 573 The ruddier orange and the paler lime.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 260 Citrus Limetta, the cultivated Sweet Lime.
b. Applied with qualification to fruits of trees of other genera. Ogeechee lime n. the sour tupelo, Nyssa capitata, of which a conserve is made. wild lime n. Atalantia monophylla ( Treasury Bot. 1866), Xanthoxylum Pterota ( Cent. Dict. 1890), and (in Jamaica) Rheedia lateriflora (Fawcett in Bulletin Bot. Dept. Jamaica, 1896); also, in Australia, = kumquat n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]
tamarind1539
zizypha1546
guava1555
tuna1555
turpentine1562
mango1582
mammee1587
durian1588
lychee1588
sapota1589
fritter1591
mangosteen1598
custard apple1648
longan1655
mammee sapota1657
mammee apple1683
breadfruit1697
coco-plum1699
rambutan1707
pawpaw1709
locust bean1731
sapodilla1750
cherimoya1758
wild lime1767
Otaheite apple1777
narra1779
langsat1783
rose apple1790
cinnamon apple1796
sapota plum1797
bhindi1809
salak1820
gingerbread plum1824
geebung1827
loquat1829
sapodilla plum1830
sage-apple1832
kangaroo-apple1834
karaka-fruit1834
quandong1836
mombin1837
terap1839
zapote1842
tamarind plum1846
prairie pea1848
Barbados-cherry1858
kei-apple1859
Natal plum1859
bullock's heart1866
guava-apple1866
Sierra Leone peach1866
Turkey fig1866
marula1877
scarlet banana1885
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
pear apple1898
ume1918
pepino1922
Chinese gooseberry1925
num-num1926
acerola1954
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > kumquat
wild lime1767
kumquat1889
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > Australian desert lime
wild lime1767
kumquat1889
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > other citrus fruits
wild lime1767
rangpur1814
1767 P. Collinson Let. 31 July in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 292 The Wild Lime..is a singular plant.
1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 221 In Georgia this tree is known by the name of Sour Tupelo and Wild Lime.
1863 R. Henning Let. 26 Nov. (1966) 147 We went out to pick some wild limes for preserving. They are a little fruit about the size of a large gooseberry, but in colour, taste, smell and shape exactly like a small lemon.
1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 227/2 Eremocitrus glauca, native kumquat or wild lime (Rutaceæ): small spiny tree of western New South Wales and Queensland; the globular ½ inch fruits are pleasantly acidic and suitable for preserves, also cool drinks.
1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xxi. 209/1 The wild-lime (Zanthoxylum fagara) of Florida, Mexico, the West Indies..is an evergreen species.
c. elliptical for lime-green adj. at Compounds 1; also for lime juice n., as in gin and lime.
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the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > lime juice or squash
lime juice1704
lime squash1909
lime1923
the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bright green
pea-green1770
lime1923
1923 Daily Mail 19 Feb. 1 (advt.) Smart skirt... Colours: navy,..gold, lime, cardinal and black.
1937 Discovery July 217/2 Dresses are burgundy, pine-blue, lime.
1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 23 A gin and lime or a double Scotch.
1972 Vogue Jan. 12/2 The colours..are remarkable—lime and raspberry, lemon, orange, rose.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. See also lime juice n.
lime-green adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bright green
smaragdine1591
emerald-green1637
poison green1749
emeraldine1855
lime-green1890
twig-green1892
1890 Daily News 14 July 3/4 The scene was gay with white gowns, pale heliotrope, citron, lime-green.
lime-tree n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees
linda700
bast treea1425
linnc1475
tilleul1530
pry1573
fir-beech1577
linden1577
teil1589
linden-tree1591
tillet1601
bass-wood1670
red lime1709
lime-tree1748
parakeet bur1866
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > other citrus trees
citron tree1530
citron1540
pome-citron tree1597
bael1618
lime-tree1748
citrus1781
shaddock1785
pampelmoes1796
pomelo1803
marmelos1823
orange thorn1852
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 216 We found there abundance of cassia, and a few lime-trees.
C2.
lime-marmalade n. marmalade made from limes.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > preserve > [noun] > marmalade
marmalade1480
Dundee marmalade1833
squish1874
Oxford marmalade1905
lime-marmaladec1938
Oxford1964
c1938 Fortnum & Mason Price List 44/1 Marmalade..Lime—per glass 1/3.
1968 ‘J. Fraser’ Evergreen Death x. 80 He did like that lime marmalade they used to get.
1972 New Statesman 26 May 709/1 Coffee, bread and lime-marmalade.
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lime-myrtle n. the West-Indian name for Triphasia trifoliata (Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands, 1864).
lime-plant n. the May-apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > podophyllum or May-apple
mayapple1731
duck's foot1755
Indian apple1833
hog apple1837
lime-plant1844
Podophyllum1844
mandrake1845–50
wild lemon1882
1844 G. Emerson Johnson's Farmer's Encycl. (new ed.) Lime-plant, the May-apple, or wild mandrake; Podophyllum peltatum.
lime-punch n. punch made with lime juice instead of lemon juice.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > punch > types of punch
rum punch1683
brandy-punch1689
milk punch1702
rack punch1713
tea-punch1728
rumbo1738
lime-punch1774
Tom and Jerries1822
poteen punch1826
Oxford punch1827
bimbo1837
mumbo-jum1837
1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 206 We had after Dinner, Lime Punch and Madaira.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 299/2 ‘I dine with a turtle-party at Bleaden's’. ‘Nothing like Bleaden's lime-punch, Sir Jacob, eh?’
lime squash n. a drink made with the juice of the lime (cf. lemon squash n. at lemon n.1 Compounds 2).
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the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > lime juice or squash
lime juice1704
lime squash1909
lime1923
1909 Daily Chron. 15 June 4/4 For drinking, lime-squash is superior to lemon squash.
1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 28/2 Lime squash.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
limen.3
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/ 1. A tree of the genus Tilia (family Tiliaceæ), esp. T. europæa, a common ornamental tree having heart-shaped leaves and many small fragrant yellowish flowers; the linden. red lime, T. grandifolia Ehrhart.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees
linda700
bast treea1425
linnc1475
tilleul1530
pry1573
fir-beech1577
linden1577
teil1589
linden-tree1591
tillet1601
bass-wood1670
red lime1709
lime-tree1748
parakeet bur1866
1625 [see lime-tree n. at Compounds 1]. 1652 [see lime-tree n. at Compounds 1]. 1670 [see lime-grove n. at Compounds 1].
1696 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (ed. 2) 316 Tilia foliis molliter hirsutis, viminibus rubris... 'Tis known by the name of the red Lime, and grows naturally in Stokenchurch-Wood.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 128 His Limes were first in Flow'rs. View more context for this quotation
1709 A. Pope Autumn in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 740 The Lymes their pleasing Shades deny.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 27 Aug. (1948) I. 345 It is Autumn this good while in St. James's Park; the limes have been losing their leaves.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 316 The lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 447/1 T[ilia] rubra, Red Lime... The young branches are of a beautiful coral-red colour, thence it has been called T. corallina.
1849 W. E. Aytoun Buried Flower 176 Ere the bees had ceased to murmur Through the umbrage of the lime.
1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 10 The Lime is a good town tree, leafing early in spring, and perfuming the air with its blossoms in August.
2. The seed of the lime-tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees > seed
lime1747
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xiv. 135 To pickle Stertion Buds and Limes, you pick them off the Lime-trees in the Summer. Take new Stertion-seeds, or Limes, pickle them when large.
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C1. General attributive.
lime-avenue n.
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1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 348 Up the short lime-avenue to the tiny church.
lime-bark n.
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1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes i. xxxviii. 2 The wreaths with limebark bound.
lime-flower n.
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1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lime flower oil, a colourless or yellowish volatile oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of Tilia europæa and other species.
lime-gall n.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Lime galls,..a sort of galls or vegetable protuberances, formed on the edges of the leaves of the lime tree in spring time.
lime-grove n. [in the Tempest Shakespeare has ‘Line-groue’ here: see lind n. Compounds 1] .
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1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest iii. 35 In the Lime-Grove, which weather-fends your Cell.
lime-tree n.
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1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 270 The Flowers of the Limetree.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxv. 171 The Lime Tree is also newly discovered as usefull in our English Plantations.
1800 S. T. Coleridge This Lime-tree Bower in Ann. Anthol. 2 140 Here must I remain, This lime-tree bower my prison!
lime-walk n.
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c1662 Sir T. Browne Let. in Wks. (1931) VI. 307 Uncertain it is whether in any Tilicetum, or Lime-walk, abroad it be considerably exceeded.
1816 J. Austen Emma III. vi. 103 Some are gone to the ponds, and some to the lime walk . View more context for this quotation
1860 Handbk. Travellers Berks, Bucks, & Oxfordshire iii. 172/2 There is a pleasant garden attached to Trinity, with a trellised lime-walk of great celebrity.
lime-wood n.
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1731 Lunenburg (Mass.) Proprietors' Rec. (1897) 209 It begins at a red oak and runs east..to a Limewood.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter xxii, in Poems (new ed.) 45 When in the breezy limewood-shade, I found the blue forget-me-not.
1885 F. Miller Wood-carving iv. 27 Lime-wood was almost exclusively used by Gibbons in his drops and festoons of fruit.
1932 O. Evan-Thomas Domestic Utensils of Wood 118 Chrism spoon, limewood, entirely carved with sacred objects.
1965 J. Aronson Encycl. Furnit. (1966) 285/1 Limewood, light-colored, close-grained wood that cuts as well across as with the grain, rendering it excellent for carving.
C2.
lime bug n. an insect that infests lime-trees.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus tiliae
lime bug1831
1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vi. 72 Coccus..tiliæ, lime bug.
lime hawkmoth n. Smerinthus tiliæ, whose larva feeds on the lime (1869 E. Newman Brit. Moths 5).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > smerinthus tiliae
lime hawkmoth1798
1798 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. v. 817 Lime hawk moth, Sphinx tiliae.
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† limen.4
Obsolete. rare.
Limit, end.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > a limit, end, or term
endc1000
pointc1330
terma1398
datec1400
limec1420
period1554
full stopa1586
stopa1586
coda1836
mop1945
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 109 And þus Englonde toke first his name In þe gode kyng Egbertys tyme, Ryȝt as we clepe ȝet þe same And herrafter shulde wt-ouȝte lyme.
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limen.5
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/ colloquial.
= limelight n. Frequently in plural. Also (in singular) attributive. in the lime (Australian): in the limelight.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights
footlight1776
limelight1826
float1829
spotlight1875
ground-row1881
lime1892
baby spot1910
amber1913
spot1920
strip light1920
perch1933
follow spot1937
Mickey Mouse1937
pin spot1947
1892 J. Nie Robinson Crusoe 6 Here! Where's the limelight man? Of course, used up all his limes for Crusoe.
1895 B. Daly in Chevalier & Daly A. Chevalier ii. 248 The footlights are turned low, and the hissing noise behind explains that Sam Pennett, the carpenter, is getting his limes ready for use.
1931 Daily Express 22 Sept. 17/1 She..used to keep in her shop a working model of a theatre, complete to the last ‘lime’ and ‘float’.
1935 C. H. Ridge & F. S. Aldred Stage Lighting iii. 18/2 Producers will frequently ask for the ‘limes’ when they mean front-of-house arc lanterns.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 43 Lime, in the, in the limelight.
1958 B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties xiii. 177 There was one figure which the limes should have picked out.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1169/2 Lime, in the, popular; much publicised: Australian... I.e. ‘in the limelight’.
1966 Guardian 18 Feb. 10/5 At 16 he was a lime boy, looking after the lights.
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limen.6
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/, Caribbean English /laim/ Caribbean.
An informal social gathering; a get-together; a party. Also with modifier specifying the location or occasion of the gathering, or the food eaten. Cf. lime v.4
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > informal
free and easy1761
sans souci1781
kitchen party1878
get-together1898
lime1956
1956 S. Selvon Lonely Londoners 140 The boys used to overflow into the road when it [sc. a dance hall] had a lime there on a Saturday.
1998 D. De-Light & P. Thomas Rough Guide to Trinidad & Tobago 34/2 One of the most popular curry dishes is duck, which forms the centrepiece of a ‘curry duck lime’.
2000 R. Maharaj Lagahoo's Apprentice (2001) x. 150 I can recall now only fragments of the river limes, the nights in the bars singing calypsos and songs from Indian movies.
2014 T. Yanique Land of Love & Drowning lxvi. 224 It was a free lime and it was on a beach and that is all we ever need to enjoy ourselves.
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limev.1
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/ 1. transitive. To cement. Chiefly figurative.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > join closely, intimately, or permanently
tiec1000
limea1225
knit1340
sold1388
marryc1450
compact1530
spear?1548
solder1589
cementc1604
ferruminate1623
bewed1674
weld1802
wed1818
Siamese1830
intermarry1863
to pull together1925
mate1959
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1792 Ant te hali gast, hare beire luue, þe lihteð of ham baðe, & limeð togederes, swa þæt nan ne mei sundrin from oðere.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 168 Se feste ilimed wið lif of ancre luue euch an of ow to oðer.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. i. 87 I will not ruinate my fathers house, Who gaue his bloud to lime the stones togither.
a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 302 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) The wicked confidence where~with our hearts are limed to the creature.
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 115 That cruel tower..Of living souls impacted, limed with blood.
2.
a. To smear (twigs or the like) with bird-lime, for the purpose of catching birds. Also allusively.
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1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. v. 54 Ye haue had handes lymed euer redy for to catche.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/2 Lymyn wythe bryd lyme, visco.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) ii. 126 My fyngers be lymed lyke a lyme twyg [sc. in order to pilfer].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 91 My selfe haue lym'd a Bush for her. View more context for this quotation
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccclxxix. 350 Those Twigs in time will come to be Lim'd, and then you're all Lost if you do but touch 'em.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiii. 284 But he would have found twigs limed for him at Edinburgh.
b. To smear with a sticky substance. rare.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > make viscous or thicken [verb (transitive)] > smear with sticky substance
limea1325
balmc1384
sticky1855
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 562 Ðat arche was a feteles good, Set and limed a-gen ðe flood.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 39 b/1 Make ther dyverse places and lyme it with cleye and pitche within and without.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxi. 87 A glutinous thick mass, that round Lim'd all the shore beneath.
3. To catch with birdlime. Often figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (transitive)] > catch birds > with birdlime
lime13..
lime-twig1646
bird-lime1657
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]
shrenchc897
beswike971
betrapa1000
bewindOE
undernimc1175
undertakec1175
bisayc1200
beguile?c1225
catchc1225
beginc1250
biwilea1275
tele?a1300
enginec1300
lime13..
umwrithea1340
engrin1340
oblige1340
belimec1350
enlacec1374
girnc1375
encumber138.
gnarec1380
enwrap1382
briguea1387
snarl1387
upbroid1387
trap1390
entrikea1393
englue1393
gildera1400
aguilec1400
betraisec1400
embrygec1400
snare1401
lacea1425
maska1425
begluec1430
marl1440
supprise?c1450
to prey ona1500
attrap1524
circumvene1526
entangle1526
tangle1526
entrap1531
mesh1532
embrake1542
crawl1548
illaqueate1548
intricate1548
inveigle1551
circumvent1553
felter1567
besnare1571
in trick1572
ensnare1576
overcatch1577
underfong1579
salt1580
entoil1581
comprehend1584
windlassa1586
folda1592
solicit1592
toil1592
bait1600
beset1600
engage1603
benet1604
imbrier1605
ambush1611
inknot1611
enmesha1616
trammela1616
fool1620
pinion1621
aucupate1630
fang1637
surprise1642
underreacha1652
trepan1656
ensnarl1658
stalk1659
irretiate1660
coil1748
nail1766
net1803
to rope in1840
mousetrap1870
spider1891
13.. K. Alis. 5701 Hy maden her armes envenymed; He that was take of deth was lymed.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 353 Loue he gan hyse federis so to lyme.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 78 A man shal winne us best with flaterye, And with attendance and with bisynesse Been we ylymed bothe moore and lesse.
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 115 His demonstracyons coude vs not trappe ne lyme.
1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 11 When birde is limde, farewell faire feathers all.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Vnstaind thoughts do seldom dream on euill. Birds neuer lim'd, no secret bushes feare. View more context for this quotation
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) v. 79 Am I then noossd..am I lymed.
1680 J. Crowne Misery Civil-war v. 70 The Bird that sees the Bush where once it self Was lim'd.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 74 Fine as the spider's flimsy thread he wove The immortal toil to lime illicit love.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xi. 291 The buzz of a struggling insect who has limed himself in your ear.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Def. Poetry in Ess. & Lett. (1840) I. 39 Lucretius had limed the wings of his swift spirit in the dregs of the sensible world.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 88 Vittiano,—one limes flocks of thrushes there.
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iii. 64 He was..limed this time [matrimonially].
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)]
afileeOE
besmiteeOE
shenda950
befilec1000
bisulienc1200
defoulc1320
file1340
foilc1380
smota1387
lime1390
solwea1400
surda1400
infectc1425
filtha1450
poison?a1513
defile1530
polluve1533
inquinate1542
pollute1548
contaminate1563
bumfiddlec1595
impure1598
conspurcate1600
defoil1601
sullya1616
vilify1615
deturpate1623
impiate1623
defedate1628
dreg1628
contemerate1650
spot1741
empoison1775
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 179 For who so wole his handes lime, Thei mosten be the more unclene.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 63 Off handys and dede be trewe evyrmore, ffor yf thin handys lymyd be, Thou art but shent.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Dj No witte maie be founde not lymed with some great vices.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 37 Who is not limed with some default.
5. To treat or dress with lime.† a. To put lime into (wine). In quot. 1602 absol. (Cf. lime n.1 3.) Obsolete.† c. To smear or coat with lime-wash. Obsolete. (Also white lime n.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [verb (intransitive)] > treat, adulterate, or flavour
lime1602
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 14 Host... Let me see thee froth, and lyme [1623 liue].
b. To dress (land, etc.) with lime. Also absol. Also to give (wood) a bleached effect by treating it with lime. Cf. limed adj. 2b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] > treat with other natural fertilizer
marlc1265
chavec1420
chalk?1578
lime1649
soot1707
sand1721
straw-burn1799
sprat1832
loam?1842
guanize1843
guano1847
bone1873
herring1879
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xvii. 102 About twelve or fourteen quarter of Lime will very well Lime an Acre, you may also over-Lime it, as well as under-Lime it.
1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 130 The most effectual way to prevent smutting or burning of any corn is to lime it before you sow it, as is found by daily experience in Sussex.
a1698 W. Blundell Crosby Rec. (1880) 87 Sir Roger Bradshaigh limed the hall croft with lime from Clitheroe.
1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. cvii. 194 Sixty-three Acres of Corn..all limed, at eighty Barrels to an Acre.
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 245 Where I limed, there seems now a pretty deal of grass.
1796 J. Adams Diary 27 July (1961) III. 234 Making and liming an heap of Manure.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 266 Then lime and sow with oats.
1880 Daily News 10 Dec. 5/8 The farmer has expended not less than £6000 in building, and in draining, and liming four hundred acres.
1966 M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design (1967) 266 Woods other than oak can be limed.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > whiten with specific substance
limec1440
chalk1633
whitewash1722
lime-white1777
lime-wash1823
hearthstone1838
pipeclaya1839
white-stone1838
kalsomine1840
blanco1912
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/2 Lyme wythe lyme, idem quod whyton wythe lyme.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 611/2 I lyme a wall, or rofe with whyte lyme to make it whyte.
1574 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 161 For lymynge over the vestrye.
1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 30 Thou tylest thy house against stormes and lymest it well.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 387 Houses newly limed.
d. To steep (skins) in lime and water.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > steep hides
lime1561
sumac1792
master1841
pure1842
bate1875
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > bleach > by specific substance
lime1561
chemic1875
1561 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 399 Item, wee present fineable John Smyth, glover, for lymyng his felles and sckynnes..to the annoyaunce..of his neighbours.
1688 [implied in: R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 86/2 Lyming, piting the skins with Lime and Water. (at liming n.1 2c)].
1707 Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1859) IV. 7 Leather, which shall be insufficiently tanned, or which hath been over-limed or burnt in lime.
1779 Ann. Reg. 1778 Projects 118/1 Steeping the hides for a short time in a mixture of lime and water, which is termed liming.
1903 L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning 6 The length of time to thoroughly lime the skins depends on the thickness of the skins.
1903 L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning 7 The best results accrue when only skins of like nature and size are limed..together.
1925 J. R. Arnold Hides & Skins 553 Hides and skins which are prepared for dehairing by sweating or painting..are also limed.
e. (See quot. 1891.)
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1891 Lancet 3 Oct. 783 The sludge..is limed—that is, a small quantity of lime is added to it so as to facilitate the operation of pressing.
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† limev.2
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
transitive. To file, polish. Some dictionaries cite a supposed example from Chaucer H. Fame 1124, ‘A lymed glas’; but the true reading is ‘Alym-de-glas’ = French alun de glace, crystallized alum.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > by rubbing
streak1567
lime1609
repumicate1623
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Limme, pollish, amend.
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† limev.3
Obsolete.
transitive. To impregnate (a bitch). Also passive and intransitive, to copulate with, to be coupled to.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > copulate
to go to (the) bull (also cow, horse, etc.)a1393
entera1425
makea1522
lime1555
match1569
generate1605
copulate1632
fere1632
strene1820
pair1908
mate1927
to saw a chunk off1961
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (transitive)] > copulate with or impregnate
lime1555
ward1781
tie1934
1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. U.v Yf anye manne require eyther thy dogge for the folde, or for the chace to lime his bitche.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 54 They caused their bitches..to be limed..with the fayrest dogges.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 735 A mastiue dog was limed to a she wolfe.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 130 Why earthworms are limed so much to the headward.
1682 Roxburghe Ballads IV. 281/71 But France is for thy Lust too kind a Clime, In Africk with some Wolf or Tyger lime.
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limev.4
/lʌɪm/, U.S. /laɪm/, Caribbean English /laim/ Caribbean.
intransitive. To socialize informally; to hang out.
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1941 Teachers' Herald Aug. in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2008) 532/1 ‘Liming’ late at night, doing nothing.
1973 Sunday Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 1 Apr. (Suppl.) 13/1 Staying a minute more to lime.
2020 Barbados Advocate 9 June 6/3 A number of men were reportedly liming outside of a residence at Country Road.
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