white-limev.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtlʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌlaɪm/

Forms: early Middle English iȝwitlimede (south-western, past participle), Middle English whyte-lyme, Middle English whyȝt-lyme, Middle English 1600s white-lyme, Middle English 1600s whit-lyme, 1500s whyt-lyme, 1500s whytte-lyme, 1500s– white-lime, 1600s whyt-lym.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: white lime n.

Etymology: < white lime n. Compare lime v.¹ 5c.

Now rare.

transitive. To paint or render (a wall, building, etc.) with white lime (white lime n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > paint with whitewash

white-limec1300

whiten?a1425

whitewash1591

wash1604

c1300 Ministry & Passion of Christ (Laud) (1873) 422 Þe roues..beoth with oute I-ȝwitlimede and i planede faire,..And withInne fulle of caroyne.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxiv. 839 Such medlyng is..nedeful..to pergette and to whitelyme [L. dealbandos] walles.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 111 Ypocrysie..is lykned..to a wal þat were whitlymed and were foule wyth-inne.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 54 Alle churches new whytte-lymed, with the commandmenttes wryttyne on the walles.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxvii. 2 The Iewes are commanded, To gather great stones, & to white-lime them ouer.

1624 A. Darcie tr. P. Du Moulin Heraclitus 124 Euery toothlesse Mumpsimus..must haue her box of odoriferous Pomatum, and glittering Stibium, wherewithall to parget, white-lime, and complectionate her rumpled cheekes.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 13 The great church..most daintily..white-limed.

1789 Scots Mag. Sept. 435/1 This room was white-limed in November.

1832 Lancet 25 Feb. 767/2 Every possible means..of bettering the condition of the habitations of the poor, more especially cleansing and white-liming them.

1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes II. xiv. 290 We white-limed the walls and arches the day 'twas opened, as we always do.

1904 B. C. A. Windle Chester ix. 197 In 1547 the Holy Rood was taken down and the walls were ‘white-limed’ so as to cover up the frescoes.

2000 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Feb. 12 The old church on the hill..was white-limed to stand out as a landmark for sailors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-lime
释义	white-limev. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtlʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌlaɪm/ Forms: early Middle English iȝwitlimede (south-western, past participle), Middle English whyte-lyme, Middle English whyȝt-lyme, Middle English 1600s white-lyme, Middle English 1600s whit-lyme, 1500s whyt-lyme, 1500s whytte-lyme, 1500s– white-lime, 1600s whyt-lym. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: white lime n. Etymology: < white lime n. Compare lime v.¹ 5c. Now rare. transitive. To paint or render (a wall, building, etc.) with white lime (white lime n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > paint with whitewash white-limec1300 whiten?a1425 whitewash1591 wash1604 c1300 Ministry & Passion of Christ (Laud) (1873) 422 Þe roues..beoth with oute I-ȝwitlimede and i planede faire,..And withInne fulle of caroyne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxiv. 839 Such medlyng is..nedeful..to pergette and to whitelyme [L. dealbandos] walles. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 111 Ypocrysie..is lykned..to a wal þat were whitlymed and were foule wyth-inne. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 54 Alle churches new whytte-lymed, with the commandmenttes wryttyne on the walles. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxvii. 2 The Iewes are commanded, To gather great stones, & to white-lime them ouer. 1624 A. Darcie tr. P. Du Moulin Heraclitus 124 Euery toothlesse Mumpsimus..must haue her box of odoriferous Pomatum, and glittering Stibium, wherewithall to parget, white-lime, and complectionate her rumpled cheekes. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 13 The great church..most daintily..white-limed. 1789 Scots Mag. Sept. 435/1 This room was white-limed in November. 1832 Lancet 25 Feb. 767/2 Every possible means..of bettering the condition of the habitations of the poor, more especially cleansing and white-liming them. 1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes II. xiv. 290 We white-limed the walls and arches the day 'twas opened, as we always do. 1904 B. C. A. Windle Chester ix. 197 In 1547 the Holy Rood was taken down and the walls were ‘white-limed’ so as to cover up the frescoes. 2000 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Feb. 12 The old church on the hill..was white-limed to stand out as a landmark for sailors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1300
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