Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as magnesia, silica, alumina, and iron.
- noun Birdlime.
- transitive verb To treat with lime.
- transitive verb To smear with birdlime.
- transitive verb To catch or snare with or as if with birdlime.
- noun Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Citrus having edible green or greenish-yellow fruit, especially the Mexican lime and the Persian lime.
- noun The fruit of any of these plants, having a pulpy interior and usually acid juice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree, a variety of Citrus Medica.
- noun The fruit of the lime-tree.
- noun A tree of the genus Tilia, natural order Tiliaceæ; the linden.
- Of or pertaining to the tree so called.
- noun A cord for leading a dog; a leash. Hence limer, limmer, limehound.
- To file; polish.
- noun Any viscous substance; especially, a viscous substance laid on twigs for catching birds; bird-lime.
- noun An alkaline earth of great economic importance.
- To smear with a viscous substance for the purpose of catching birds.
- Hence To entangle; insnare; encumber.
- To apply lime to; in a special use, to manure with lime, as soil; throw lime into, as a pond or stream, to kill the fish in it.
- To sprinkle with slaked lime, as a floor; treat with lime; in leather manufacturing, to steep (hides) in a solution of lime in order to remove the hair.
- To cement.
- noun Limit; end.
- noun Citrus Australasica, a small tree of eastern Australia, bearing slender thorns, and ellipsoid or almost cylindrical fruits, 2–4 inches long, tasting like lemons.
- noun The finger-lime;
- noun An evergreen tree, Citrus australis, which reaches a height of from 30 to 50 feet and bears globular, acid fruits about the size of walnuts. Its beautiful light-yellow wood is hard, close-grained, and takes a high polish. Called also
native orange . - noun In leather manufacturing, a vat containing a solution of lime for unhairing skins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The linden tree. See
linden . - noun (Bot.) The fruit of the
Citrus aurantifolia , allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it. - noun The color of the lime{1}, a yellowish-green.
- noun Birdlime.
- noun (Chem.) Oxide of calcium, CaO; 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, formingslaked lime , and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc. - noun Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.
- noun one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime.
- noun a limestone quarry.
- noun a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare.
- noun A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
- adjective having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).
- transitive verb To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
- transitive verb To entangle; to insnare.
- transitive verb To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime
- transitive verb To cement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide;
quicklime . - noun poetic Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for
birdlime . - verb transitive To
treat withcalcium hydroxide orcalcium oxide (lime). - verb transitive To
smear with birdlime. - verb transitive To apply
limewash - noun A deciduous
tree of the genusTilia , especially Tilia × europaea; thelinden tree, or its wood.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In the ordinary so-called raw phosphates, such as bone-meal, bone-ash, coprolites, &c., the lime and phosphoric acid are combined in the form of what is known, in chemical phraseology, as _tribasic phosphate of lime_.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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But there is this remarkable difference, that while either the lime, soda, or potash silicate is capable of removing the ammonia from _solution_, the _lime_ silicate alone _has the power of absorbing it from the air_.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
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On plot 5, with 300 lbs. of superphosphate of lime per acre, the yield is precisely the same as on plot 2, with 100 lbs. of plaster (_sulphate of lime_), per acre.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
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Thus the combination of sulphur with lime is called a _sulphuret_, and that of phosphorus, a _phosphuret of lime_.
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_shell marl_, (consisting of carbonate of lime,) _quick lime_, _gas lime_, and what is called "_salt and lime mixture_."
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“With superphosphate of lime, and with plaster (gypsum, or _sulphate of lime_), the seed was placed directly on top of the manure, as it is well known that these manures do not injure the germinating principle of even the smallest seeds.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
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The zesty lime is bright and not too sweet, and its tartness is cut nicely by the rich flavor of the crust.
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Add in lime juice, lime zest, vanilla and whisk until smooth.
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However, beans and rice do give a complete set of dietary protein. wendy devlin, processing (soaking and boiling) grains of corn with lime is called nixtamalization and primarily is used to soften the hull to make it easier to grind and use.
Frijol---Frijoles 2009
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However, beans and rice do give a complete set of dietary protein. wendy devlin, processing (soaking and boiling) grains of corn with lime is called nixtamalization and primarily is used to soften the hull to make it easier to grind and use.
Frijol---Frijoles 2009
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These white chunks, often referred to as “lime clasts,” originate from lime, another key component of the ancient concrete mix.
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable? David L. Chandler | MIT News Office 2023
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These white chunks, often referred to as “lime clasts,” originate from lime, another key component of the ancient concrete mix.
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable? David L. Chandler | MIT News Office 2023
reesetee commented on the word lime
Lime pickles are soaked (of course) in lime rather than salt brine.
January 19, 2008
asativum commented on the word lime
Does that mean soaking them in citrus juice, or lime water, the solution uncommonly known as Ca(OH)2? Or calcium oxide? Help! Is there a pickler in the house? Where's Peter Piper when you need him?
January 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lime
There seem to be two kinds of lime pickles. What are usually called lime pickles are simply flavored with the citrus fruit, but another type is apparently made by soaking in a solution of the mineral rather than in brine. Odd, huh? Wonder what they taste like?
January 20, 2008
asativum commented on the word lime
Thanks reesetee! That is odd. I assume they'd taste limey, but I haven't the faintest what that would mean.
January 20, 2008
john commented on the word lime
I'm no pickler, but Ceviche is pickled in lime juice, sort of. As Asativum says, there's also this.
January 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lime
I'm just hoping they don't taste like British sailors.
January 20, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lime
Oh god, you mentioned ceviche. Oh, how I love ceviche...
January 20, 2008
asativum commented on the word lime
Ceviche,si. British sailors, I'll take a pass on. (And what a difference a preposition could make, no?)
January 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word lime
I love lime pickle almost as much as I love ceviche. They're completely different though; perhaps I'm thinking of a different lime pickle.
Ceviche... I ate it seven times in five days in Lima.
January 20, 2008
uberblue commented on the word lime
The mineral is also known as "quicklime," I believe.
August 25, 2008
bilby commented on the word lime
Emil asleep, Hannah peels a lime.
October 18, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word lime
"Brazil's vast inland cerrado region was regarded as unfit for farming before the 1960s because the soil was too acidic and poor in nutrients, according to Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, an American plant scientist referred to as the father of the Green Revolution. However, from the 1960s, vast quantities of lime (pulverised chalk or limestone) were poured on the soil to reduce acidity. The effort went on and in the late 1990s between 14 million and 16 million tonnes of lime were being spread on Brazilian fields each year. The quantity rose to 25 million tonnes in 2003 and 2004, equalling around five tonnes of lime per hectare. As a result, Brazil has become the world's second biggest soybean exporter and, thanks to the boom in animal feed production, Brazil is now the biggest exporter of beef and poultry in the world."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_lime&oldid=854535911
October 29, 2018