limyadj.
/ˈlʌɪmi/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmi/ 1. Besmeared with birdlime.In modern dictionaries.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [adjective] > caught with bird-lime
limy1552
bird-limed1580
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective]
thickc888
toughc1000
cleavingc1350
gluey1382
gluish1382
gleiming1387
gummya1398
clammy1398
gleimy1398
viscosec1400
viscousc1400
emplastic?a1425
plastery?c1425
stiffc1430
clamc1440
engleimous?c1475
rawky1509
rich1535
clammish1543
limy1552
strong1560
glutinous1576
cloggy1587
emplastical1590
viscuous1603
plasterish1610
slaba1616
bound1635
viscid1635
lentous1646
spiscious1655
melleous1656
salivarious1656
glutining1658
syrupical1659
glairy1662
gummous1669
gummose1678
mellaginous1681
melligineous1684
pargety1684
sticky1688
sizy1691
dauby1697
syrupy1707
treacly?1734
glaireous1755
flabbyc1780
spissid1782
stodgy1823
waxy1835
teery1848
treacle-like1871
viscoid1877
slauming1904
gooey1906
gloopy1929
gunky1937
gungy1962
yucky1975
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Lymye or clammye, viscidus.
1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. X2 He..wrapt his winges twaine In lymie snares the subtill loupes among.
2. Consisting of or containing lime.
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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
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 615 Some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 7 A human Skull cover'd all over with the Skin. Having been buried..in some Limy..soil, by which it was tann'd.
1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. x. 227 Its limy ruins, spread over the surface, burn the soil, and check its natural fertility.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iii. 66 Their flinty and limy cases..being aggregated in countless myriads.
1893 Black & White 15 Apr. 464/2 Limy dust..fills the eyes.
3. Of the nature of lime, resembling lime.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > native earths > [adjective] > lime
limy1775
1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 34 There is peculiarity in the water at Winchester, owing..to the soil's being of a limy quality.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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