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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LI'MING, ppr. Daubing with viscous matter; entangling; manuring with lime.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
