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LIME n. 9 definitions

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.

. See under 4th Lime.

LIME-TWIGGED a.

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

A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. Spenser.

A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.

That part of the stage upon which the limelight as cast, usually where the most important action is progressing or where the leading player or players are placed and upon which the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated. Hence, consspicuous position before the public; as, politicians who are never happy…

LIMENEAN a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. -- n.

A limehound; a limmer. Chaucer.

A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --

A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.

Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

Habiliment. [Obs.]

See Alkalimeter.

ALIMENT n. 4 definitions

natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon.

food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

ALIMENTALLY adv.

So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.

ALIMENTARINESS n.

The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]

Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances. Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.

ALIMENTATION n. 2 definitions

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

ALIMENTIVENESS n.

The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]