lime : Idioms & Phrases

• lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime.

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• noun large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown
  American basswood; Tilia americana.
  

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• noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  calx; quicklime; fluxing lime; lime; burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide.
  

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• noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  calx; quicklime; fluxing lime; lime; burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide.
  

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• noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  calcium hydroxide; calcium hydrate; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
  

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• calcium hydrate or slacked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime. Calcium hydroxide = slaked lime

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• noun a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
  chloride of lime; bleaching powder.
  

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• bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl, used in bleaching and disinfecting; called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.

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• noun a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
  chloride of lime; bleaching powder.
  

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• . (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.

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• noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  calx; quicklime; fluxing lime; lime; burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide.
  

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• noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  calcium hydroxide; calcium hydrate; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
  

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• quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc.

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• noun medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental
  Japanese linden; Tilia japonica.
  

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• noun small yellow-green limes of southern Florida
  

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• one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime.

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• noun cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
  Borrelia burgdorferi.
  

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• noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  calcium hydroxide; calcium hydrate; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
  

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• noun usually freshly squeezed juice of limes
  

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• . See Calcium light under Calcium. as one word, limelight means the center of public attention, esp. in the phrase "in the limelight"

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• a limestone quarry.

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• a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare. Chaucer.

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• noun any of various related trees bearing limes
  Citrus aurantifolia; lime.
  
• noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
  linden; linden tree; basswood; lime.
  

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Lime twig

Definitions

1. . See under 4th Lime.

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Lime"-twigged` adjective

Definitions

1. Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. L. Addison.

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• (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water.

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O*gee"chee lime`

Etymology

So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia.

Definitions

1. (Bot.) (a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. (b) The tree which bears this fruit.

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• chloride of lime.

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• noun hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
  rangpur; Citrus limonia; lemanderin.
  

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• lime made by burning the shells of shellfish.

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• noun large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  silver linden; Tilia tomentosa.
  

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• noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  calcium hydroxide; calcium hydrate; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
  

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• noun large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental
  small-leaved linden; Tilia cordata.
  

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• noun a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides; absorbs liquids and gases
  

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• noun tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
  Melicocca bijuga; genip; Spanish lime; ginep; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijugatus; honey berry.
  
• noun round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes
  genip.
  

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• noun tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
  Melicocca bijuga; genip; Spanish lime; ginep; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijugatus; honey berry.
  

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• (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H2PO4)2, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil.

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• noun lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp
  Citrus limetta; sweet lemon.
  

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• noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  calx; quicklime; fluxing lime; lime; burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide.
  

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Wa"ter lime`

Definitions

1. Hydraulic lime.

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• a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash.

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White"-limed` adjective

Definitions

1. Whitewashed or plastered with lime. "White-limed walls." Shak.

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