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any of various related trees bearing limes

the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

any of various related trees bearing limes

the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

cover with lime, as of lawns, to induce growth

A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

The linden tree. See Linden.

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.

Birdlime.

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.

To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.

To entangle; to insnare.

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.

To cement.

A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

The linden tree. See Linden.

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.

Birdlime.

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.

To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.

To entangle; to insnare.

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.

To cement.

A kind of white earth obtained by the action of heat upon limestone, having power to eat away any substance it touches; called also quicklime; a tree of the orange kind with a juicy, acid fruit; the linden tree.

To apply quicklime to.

Oxide of calcium. A fruit resembling the lemon.

Any slimy or gluey material: birdlime: the white caustic earth from limestone, and used for cement.

To cover with lime: to cement: to manure with lime: to insnare.

A kind of citron or lemon tree and its fruit.

White caustic earth obtained by calcining limestone; the linden tree; kind of small lemon.

To catch with birdlime; ensnare.

A white earth like substance produced by burning limestone, etc., used in building.

A small tree of the orange family, or its lemon-like fruit; also, a linden. Lime tree.

A fruit like a small lemon, the juice of which is strongly acid, and is much used for making punch. It is, also, used in long voyages as an antiscorbutic, etc. It is a species of lemon, the fruit of Citrus acida.

Calcium oxid; also calcium hydrate.

The acid fruit of Citrus acidi: refrigerant and antiscorbutic.

The fruit of Citrus acida.

The genus Tilia, especially Tilia europoea.

A substance, CaO, obtained by calcining certain minerals (such as limestone) which consist essentially of calcium carbonate. On account of its affinity for water and the heat evolved in its combination with the latter, it exerts a caustic action when brought into contact with living tissues. It is not fusible at any temperature yet attained, but when heated to incandescence gives an intense white light. List of poisons and their antidotes, see in appendix.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A viscous substance laid on twigs for catching birds;— oxide of calcium: the white, caustic substance obtained from limestone, shells, &c., by heat;— the linden-tree.

n. [Persian] A fruit allied to the lemon, but smaller, and more intensely sour— produced by the Citrus limetta.