Lime

n.	1.	A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
	1.	(Bot.) The linden tree. See Linden.
	1.	(Bot.) The fruit of the Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it.
	2.	The color of the lime{1}, a yellowish-green.
	1.	Birdlime. Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with. - Wordsworth.
	2.	(Chem.) Oxide of calcium, CaO; 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 slaked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc. Caustic lime Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime. Lime burner one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime. Lime pit a limestone quarry. Lime rod a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare. - Chaucer.
v. t.	1.	To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. [imp. & p. p. Limed (līmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liming.] These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. - L'Estrange.
	2.	To entangle; to insnare. We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance. - Tennyson.
	3.	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 lime the lawn to decrease acidity of the soil. Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. - Sir J. Child.
	4.	To cement.
a.	1.	having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).

Noun	1.	lime - a caustic substance produced by heating limestone Synonyms: calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime
	2.	lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide Synonyms: burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, quicklime, unslaked lime
	3.	lime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds Synonyms: birdlime
	4.	lime - any of various related trees bearing limes Synonyms: Citrus aurantifolia, lime tree
	5.	lime - 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 Synonyms: linden tree, basswood, lime tree, linden
	6.	lime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
Verb	1.	lime - spread birdlime on branches to catch birds Synonyms: birdlime
	2.	lime - cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

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