noun

1. birdlime
2. a white substance, calcium oxide, CaO, obtained by the action of heat on limestone, shells, and other material containing calcium carbonate, and used in making mortar and cement, and, when hydrated, in neutralizing acid soil
3. a calcareous deposit from water inside pipes, pans, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE līm, akin to Ger leim < IE base *(s)lei-, slime, wet and sticky, to smooth over > Gr leios, smooth, L limus, slime, mud, linere, to smear, levis, smooth, OE lam, clay

transitive verb limed, liming lim′·ing

1. to cement
2. to smear with birdlime
3. to catch with or as with birdlime
4. to apply lime to; treat with lime

noun

1. a small, lemon-shaped, greenish-yellow citrus fruit with a juicy, sour pulp, rich in ascorbic acid
2. the small, thorny, semitropical citrus tree (Citrus aurantifolia) that it grows on, originally native to S Asia
3. greenish yellow

Etymology: Fr < Prov limo < Ar līmaḥ < līm, citrus fruit > lemon

adjective

1. made with or of limes
2. having a flavor like that of limes
3. greenish-yellow

noun

Etymology: < earlier line < ME lind: see linden