单词 | unliming |
释义 | † unlimingn. Obsolete. The action or process of removing lime from a hide or skin. Cf. unlime v. 2. ΚΠ 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 275/2 This washing in warm water is a preparation for ‘drenching’, the first process of unliming. 1905 Diplomatic & Consular Rep.: Germany (Misc. Ser. 630) 32 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2237–11) LXXVI. 233 Depilatory processes, chemical and physical actions in sweating, ashing, unliming, mordanting, raising, and the means employed therefor. 1917 Shoe & Leather Reporter 7 June 39/2 They [sc. leather shoes] were spared the incontestably noxious activity of the lime as well as the no less pernicious unliming. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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