Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as silica, alumina, and iron. Also called quicklime.
Birdlime.
tr.v.
limed, lim·ing, limes
To treat with lime.
To smear with birdlime.
To catch or snare with or as if with birdlime.
[Middle English lim, from Old English līm, birdlime; see lei- in Indo-European roots.] lim'y adj.
[lahy-mee] 
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