Definition of lime

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Lime (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..

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Low :: Low (superl.) Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison..
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar..
Coralline :: Coralline (a.) Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone..
Complimenter :: Complimenter (n.) One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.
Drummond Light :: Drummond light () A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light..
Abiliment :: Abiliment (n.) Habiliment.
Alimentariness :: Alimentariness (n.) The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.
Commend :: Commend (n.) Compliments; greetings.
Lime :: Lime (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..
Haidingerite :: Haidingerite (n.) A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna..
Babingtonite :: Babingtonite (n.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime..
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Apparel :: Apparel (n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
Borer :: Borer (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances..
Superaltar :: Superalimentation (n.) The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it..
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear..
Epidote :: Epidote (n.) A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese..
Lithography :: Lithography (n.) The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic..
Sleetch :: Sleetch (n.) Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers..
Aragonite :: Aragonite (n.) A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters..
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