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Lime pit
(gcide) | Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[imac]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
l[imac]m, Icel. l[imac]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. Loam,
Liniment.]
1. Birdlime.
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Like the lime
That foolish birds are caught with. --Wordsworth.
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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.
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Note: Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble,
chalk, bones, shells, etc.
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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, Lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence,
that which catches; a snare. --Chaucer.
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Slime pit
(gcide) | Slime \Slime\ (sl[imac]m), n. [OE. slim, AS. sl[imac]m; akin to
D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. sl[imac]men to make smooth, Icel.
sl[imac]m slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish,
levis smooth, Gr. ???; or cf. L. limus mud.]
1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality;
viscous mud.
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As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. --Shak.
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2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty
nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
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Slime had they for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
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5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
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Slime eel. (Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
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