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limed

Variant of lime

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.

transitive verb limed, liming

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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