lime

  • 51Limé — Infobox Commune de France nomcommune=Limé région=Picardie département=Aisne arrondissement=Soissons canton=Braine insee=02432 cp=02220 maire=Charles Legroux mandat=2001 2008 intercomm=Val de l Aisne longitude=3.548889 latitude=49.3225 alt moy=54… …

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  • 52Lime —    The Hebrew word so rendered means boiling or effervescing. From Isa. 33:12 it appears that lime was made in a kiln lighted by thorn bushes. In Amos 2:1 it is recorded that the king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. The… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 53lime — There is plenty of limestone in Palestine, and lime was made by heating this in a kiln (Isa. 33:12). It could be used to make plaster to cover large stones (Deut. 27:2) and create a smooth surface. Amos (Amos 2:1) condemned the Moabites for… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 54lime — li·me s.m.inv. 1. TS bot.com. → 2limetta 2a. CO succo ottenuto dal frutto della limetta 2b. TS chim. essenza che si estrae da tale frutto {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: dall ingl. lime, dal fr. lime, dall ar. līma …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 55lime — lime1 [laım] n [Sense: 1,4; Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Provençal limo, from Arabic lim] [Sense: 2; Origin: Old English lind] [Sense: 3; Origin: Old English lim] 1.) a small juicy gr …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56lime — n a casual gathering of friends and family. A Caribbean usage later adopted by black speakers in the USA. The term is probably a back formation from the noun limer and verb lime. This lime has no juice! [This gathering is dull.] …

    Contemporary slang

  • 57lime — laɪm n. calcium oxide, white alkaline substance obtained by heating calcium carbonate at high temperatures (used in building and agriculture); quicklime; small green citrus fruit with juicy sour pulp v. cover with lime, coat with a mixture of… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58lime —   1. Fruit. Lemi.   2. Calcium oxide. Puna.    ♦ Lime hair bleach, pūkai.    ♦ To burn lime in a pit, kahu.   3. See birdlime …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 59lime — liepa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Liepinių (Tiliaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Tilia). atitikmenys: lot. Tilia angl. basswood; lime; lime tree; linden vok. Linde rus. липа lenk. lipa …

    Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 60lime — Citron Cit ron (s[i^]t r[u^]n), n. [F. citron, LL. citro, fr. L. citrus citron tree (cf. citreum, sc. malum, a citron), from Gr. ki tron citron] 1. (Bot) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic; it is produced by the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English