Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Liming"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lime \Lime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limed} (l[imac]md); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Liming}.] [Cf. AS. gel[=i]man to glue or join
together. See {Lime} a viscous substance.]
1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.

These twigs, in time, will come to be limed.
--L'Estrange.

2. To entangle; to insnare.

We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must
take the chance. --Tennyson.

3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to
manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair;
to lime sails in order to whiten them.

Land may be improved by draining, marling, and
liming. --Sir J.
Child.

4. To cement. ``Who gave his blood to lime the stones
together.'' --Shak.

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