Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lime"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Lime
The Hebrew word so rendered means "boiling" or "effervescing."
From Isa. 33:12 it appears that lime was made in a kiln lighted
by thorn-bushes. In Amos 2:1 it is recorded that the king of
Moab "burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime." The same
Hebrew word is used in Deut. 27:2-4, and is there rendered
"plaster." Limestone is the chief constituent of the mountains
of Syria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lime \Lime\ (l[imac]m), n. [See {Leam} a string.]
A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lime \Lime\, n. [Formerly line, for earlier lind. See {Linden}.]
(Bot.)
The linden tree. See {Linden}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lime \Lime\, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See {Lemon}.]
(Bot.)
A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree
which bears it. There are two kinds; {Citrus Medica}, var.
acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime ({C.
Medica}, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[=i]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
l[=i]m, Icel. l[=i]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. {Loam},
{Liniment}.]
1. Birdlime.
Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with.
--Wordsworth.
2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic
substance, usually called {quicklime}, obtained by
calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
treated with water, forming slacked lime,
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lime
n 1: a caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone
[syn: {calcium hydroxide}, {slaked lime}, {hydrated lime},
{calcium hydrate}, {caustic lime}, {lime hydrate}]
2: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {quicklime}, {calx}, {calcined
lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]
3: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to
capture small birds [syn: {birdlime}]
4: any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: {lime tree},
{Citrus aurantifolia}]
5: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia
heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of
yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable
timber [syn: {linden}, {linden tree}, {basswood}, {lime
tree}]
6: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
v 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: {birdlime}]
2: cover with lime, as of lawns, to induce growth
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