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 Lime, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limed p. pr. & vb. n. Liming.]
 1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
    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. “Who gave his blood to lime the stones together.”
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