Lime
[laɪm]
Definition
(noun.) the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees.
(noun.) any of various related trees bearing limes.
(verb.) cover with lime so as to induce growth; 'lime the lawn'.
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Definition
(n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
(n.) The linden tree. See Linden.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Birdlime.
(n.) 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, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
(v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
(v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cement.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Quicklime, protoxide of calcium.[2]. Linden, lime-tree.
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Definition
n. a kind of citron or lemon tree and its fruit.—n. Lime′-juice the acid juice of the lime used at sea as a specific against scurvy.
n. any slimy or gluey material: bird-lime: the white caustic earth from limestone and used for cement.—v.t. to cover with lime: to cement: to manure with lime: to ensnare.—ns. Lime′-burn′er one who burns limestone to form lime; Lime′kiln a kiln or furnace in which limestone is burned to lime; Lime′-light or Calcium-light light produced by a blowpipe-flame directed against a block of pure compressed quicklime; Lime′stone stone from which lime is procured by burning; Lime′twig a twig smeared with bird-lime: a snare; Lime′wash a coating given with a solution of lime; Lime′wa′ter a saturated aqueous solution of lime.—adjs. Lim′ous gluey: slimy: muddy; Lim′y glutinous: sticky: containing resembling or having the qualities of lime.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of lime, foretells that disaster will prostrate you for a time, but you will revive to greater and richer prosperity than before.
To dream of eating limes, foretells continued sickness and adverse straits.
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Examples
- One of these compounds, namely, chloride of lime, is the almost universal bleaching agent of commerce. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His notes include the use of powdered silicon mixed with lime or other very infusible non-conductors or semi-conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The piece of lime glows with an intense brilliancy approximating that of the electric light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The lime was added as a flux, and acted to unite with itself the sand, clay and other impurities to form a slag or scoria. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They all appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct odour of lime-cream. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some are gone to the ponds, and some to the lime walk. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Bring with you the limes you have in your desk, was the unexpected command which arrested her before she got out of her seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It's perfectly maddening to think of those lovely limes, sighed Amy, with the air of a martyr. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the same parcel came some green sugar-cane, fresh tamarinds taken direct from the tree, fresh limes, and the juices of two different fruits. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Are limes the fashion now? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The sun had lately pierced the gray, and the avenue of limes cast shadows. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But the forge was a very short distance off, and I went towards it under the sweet green limes, listening for the clink of Joe's hammer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now Mr. Davis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferrule the first person who was found breaking the law. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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