lime 
nerve culled Oiieechet limeg. -Wild lime, ZttiUhiacytum 
Iterttta, a small tree with u hard, rloHi'-Kralneti, n-,l,li*h- 
brown wood, foam! In tropical America ami cxtentlin^ 
into III,' MHltlK'Itl I llilr.l >! ,1. 
lime't (lim), a- [Also If am, "lirm, lyam; < OF. 
lii-m, also Urn, F. lii-ii 1'r. Hum = I'g. linnn, 
tii/iinn-^ \\.li-iliinn-, li//iiin<-,<. L. /iV/rfmeN, abaud: 
MI Urn'- (another form of the same word) and 
lii/tniii'iit.] A cord for leading a dog; a leash. 
Henrc liinrr, li/iiiiiir'- 1 , limehound. 
My he ni?i,l (hen 111 my lyam, I by the woodman's art 
Forecast where I may lodge the goodly hi<xh p:iliii'<l hart. 
Drayton, Muse's Elysium, vi. 
lime u t, . [ME. limr, h/,,,<; < OP. lime (t), limit, 
< L. limen, limit: sco limit.} Limit; end. 
Kygt as we cleye get the same, 
And herratter sliuldc wtthoaxU but 
Chron. Vilodun, p. 4. (HaUiweU.) 
Iime 6 t, r. t. [< OF. limer, F. timer = Pr. 8p. Pg. 
/iir= It. limitre, < L. limare, file, < lima, a file.] 
To file ; polish. 
It was like a lymed [var. a thynge of] glas, 
Hut that it shoon ful more clere. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1124. 
limeball-light (Hm'bal-lit), n. Same as calcium 
lii/ht (which see, under calcium). 
lime-boil (lim'boil), n. In calico-bleaching, the 
passing of the goods through milk of lime. Also 
called lime-bonk, 
lime-burner (Hm'b6r*ner), . One who burns 
limestone to form lime, 
lime-bush (lim'bush), n. A bush smeared with 
lime. 
lie's flown to another lime-bush; there he will flutter as 
long more, till he have ne'er a feather left. 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, ill. 1. 
lime-catcher (lim'kach'er), . In asteam-on- 
gine, a form of filter to intercept the lime in the 
feed-water, and thus prevent the deposit of scale 
in the boiler. It consists of a cage filled with loose char- 
coal or other material, inclosed in the dome of a steam- 
boiler and In communication with it. The feed-water is 
admitted above the filter, through which it trickles down, 
leaving its lime and other impurities in the charcoal. Also 
called liine-extractor. 
lime-cracker (liin'krak'er). n. In cement- 
works, a mill in which crude piaster and calcined 
limestone are coarsely ground, it is made of chilled 
Iron, and Its core and teeth are removable in sections, so 
that separate parts can bo repaired when affected by wear. 
lime-dogt (Um'dog), u. A limehound. 
lime-feldspar (lim'feld'spar), n. Seefeldsnar. 
lime-floor (lim'Uor), n. A floor made of lime 
mortar beaten and smoothed to an even surface. 
limehoundt (lim'hound), . [Also leamhound; 
so called as being led by a lime or learn ; < lime* 
+ hound. Cf. limmer'3 and lyfi.} A dog used 
in hunting the wild boar; a limmer. 
But Talus, that could like a lime-hound winde her, 
And all things secrete wisely could bewray, 
At length found out whereas she hidden lay. 
Spenter, F. Q., V. 11. 25. 
lime-juice (lim'jas), . The juice of the lime, 
used for much the same purposes as lemon- 
juice. It Is especially in favor as an antiscorbutic, and 
forms a part of tile outfit of vessels bound on long voyages, 
especially for arctic regions. 
lime-juicer (lim'jo'ser), n. A British sailor: 
so called because he is obliged by law to use 
lime-juice at sea as an antiscorbutic. [Amer. 
naut. slang.] 
You KiM-juicm have found that Richmond is taken. 
International Rev., XI. 5ii. 
lime-kiln (llra'kil), . [Formerly also limekill; 
< /iwe 1 + kiln.} A kiln or furnace in which lime 
is made by calcining limestone or shells. 
lime-light (lira'lit), n. Same as calcium light 
(which see, under calcium), 
lime-machine (lim'ma-shen*),M. Ingas-manuf., 
a machine for purifying gas by causing it to 
pass through lime. 
Limenitis (lim-o-ni'tis), . [NL., < Gr. A.I/IC- 
virtc, an epithet of Artemis, lit. of harbors, < X<- 
ur/v, a harbor, haven.] A genus of nymphalid 
butterflies, having the head narrower than the 
thorax, the antennre nearly as long as the body, 
and ample wings without ocelli. L. Camilla and 
L. siliiillii are brownish-black European species with 
white Burkina, notable for their graceful flight. L. urtu- 
la and L. arlrmis are found in the middle and eastern 
portions of the United States. L. ribiilla is the white 
admiral of English collectors. L. duivpu* is a very ,0111 
mon North American butterfly, also called Basiiarchia ar- 
chippitg (not to be eonfouuded with Danai* archipptts, now 
called A norin plrxippus). See cut under tlMypu*. 
lime-ointment (Km'oint'rnent), . In jihnr.. 
an ointment consisting of 4 parts of slaked 
lime, 1 part of lard, and 3 parts of olive-oil. 
lime-pit (lim'pit), n. A limestone-quarry. 
lime-powder (Hm'poo'de*), . The erMkled 
liino resulting from 
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lime-punch (lim'punch), n. A punch in which 
lime-juice is substituted for leinon-jiiiee. 
limert, limeret, . Middle English forms of 
U in mi /' :1 . 
Limerick hook, lace, etc. See hook, lace, etc. 
lime-rod (lim'rod), H. [ME. li/mriMl: < /<//' 
+ rod. ] A t wig smeared with bird-lime. Also 
liini-tivitj, and formerly limryitrd. 
The eglo of bl&k therin, 
Caught with the li/i/ir't. 
Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 304. 
limes (li'mez), n. ; pi. limiti.i (lim'i-tez). [L., a 
cross-path, balk, boundary, limit: see limit, n.} 
1. In until., one of two distinct tracts of the 
lateral root of the olfactory lobe of the brain, 
distinguished as limex alba and limes cinerea. 
Wilder and Gage, Anat. Tech., p. 480. 2. In 
zool. , a boundary; a lino of division or separation 
between two parts or organs Limes facialls, In 
ornith., the facial boundary, or facial outline; the DM or 
limit of the feathers all around the base of the bill. It 
forms in different groups of birds various salient and re- 
entrant angles, of tome significance in classification. The 
most constant saliences are the frontal points, or ant hi'. 
Seeantte. 
lime-sink (Hm'singk), n. A rounded hole or 
depression in the ground in limestone districts. 
lime-sour (lim'sour), . In calico-bleaching, 
same as gray xour (which see, under gray). 
lime-spreader (lim'spred'er), . In agri., a 
perforated box on wheels, or a special form of 
cart, for distributing lime over land. 
limestone (lim'ston), n. Rock consisting wholly 
or in large part of calcareous material or car- 
bonate of lime. Where, as Is often the case, there is 
some carbonate of magnesia mixed with the lime, the 
rock is called dolomitic limestone, and from this there may 
be a gradual transition to dolomite. Marble Is the name 
given to the more crystalline limestones, and especially 
to such as are solid and handsome enough to be used for 
ornamental purposes or in costly buildings. Limestones 
are classed as siiicious or arytfUtccous, according to the 
amount of sand or silica or of clay they contain. They 
are of many shades of color, reddish, grayish, and slate- 
colored tints being the most common. Many marbles, 
however, are either pure white or slightly clouded with 
tints of gray, red, or brown ; but some are so dark as to 
appear when polished almost black. The limestone of the 
fossiliferous stratified groups is generally admitted to have 
been the result of organic agencies, just as limestone de- 
posits are seen forming at the present time from the debris 
of coral growth. The crystalline varieties of limestone 
and marble which occur in the azoic or archean rocks are 
by some believed to be a chemical precipitate or segrega- 
tion, while others consider their existence proof that these 
rocks, in which no fossils have yet been found, are meta- 
morphosed sedimentary beds, and that this limestone Is 
also the result of organic life. Baculite limestone. 
See baeulite. Bala limestone, in geol., a bed of lime- 
stone which is an Important and very fossiliferous member 
of the Lower Silurian series in North Wales. Bastard, 
bituminous, burnt limestone. See the adjectives. 
Bird's-eye limestone, a part of the Black River lime- 
stone, one of the subgroups into which the Lower Silurian 
has been divided by the New York geologists: so called 
because it has crystalline points scattered through It 
which have a fancied resemblance to the eyes of birds. 
Carboniferous limestone. Same as mountain time- 
itone. Chazy limestone, in genl., the name given by the 
New York Geological Survey to a memlwr of the Lower 
Silurian series lying next below the Trenton group. The 
most abundant and interesting fossil wly*ch it contains is 
the Madttrea maffna, which is a conspicuous object in the 
black marble quarried at Isle La Motte in Lake C'hamplaln, 
and in other localities, and used extensively for floor-tiles 
in halls and public buildings. In square slabs or tiles alter- 
nating with those of white marble. Cornlferous lime- 
stone. See Uelderberg limestone. Dudley limestone, 
a highly fossiliferous limestone belonging to the Silurian 
Bvstem. occurring near Dudley in England, and equivalent 
<o the Wenlock limestone. It abounds in beautiful masses 
of coral, shells, and trilobltes. Also called Dudley net. 
Fontalnebleau limestone, a variety of calcite from 
Fontainehleau, in rhombohedral crystals peculiar in con- 
taining a large amount (about 60 per cent.)of sand as Im- 
purity. Galena limestone, the dnlomitlc rock, of Lower 
Silurian age, in which the lead ore of the t'pper Missis- 
sippi lead region chiefly occurs. The formation has a 
maximum thickness of about 250 feet, and is in large part 
almost a pure dolomite. Granular limestone. See 
granular. Helderberg limestone, a name derived from 
the Helderberg mountains in New York, applied to rocks 
Ctly of I" riper Silurian and partly of Devonian age. The 
rer Helderberg limestones include four groups of lime- 
stone-beds, distinguished from one another by their fossil 
remains. Among these groups is the economically impor- 
tant one affording hydraulic cement the Tentaculite or 
water-lime group. The T'pper Helderberg is more gener- 
ally called the comtferous limestone. In Canada this rock 
is, in part at least, a source of petroleum which is of con- 
siderable economic importance. It forms with the Scho- 
harie and cauda-galll grits the lowest division of the De- 
vonian scries as tabulated by the New York geologists, 
Indusial limestone, see imiiuiai. Jura limestone, 
the limestone rock of the Jura mountains, which corre- 
sponds to the Oolite of British writers. It is composed of 
I Milestones of variousqualities, clays, marls, anil sandstones. 
- Keokuk limestone, one of the divisions of mountain 
limestone, of importance in the Mississippi valley. It lies 
between the Burlington and St. Louis limestones. In this 
group the geode bed occurs. See geode. Magnestan 
limestone, a carbonate of lime containing some carbo- 
nate of magnesia. When the two are present in the neces- 
sary proportion to form dolomite (S4.:i."t of tin- former to 
45.VJ of the latter), the rock Is usually called by that 
Limicolae 
name. See dob-mile. Mountain limestone, t 
of the three groups Into which the i-ntin- ' :n iH.nlferous 
series In England is divided. It Is owilahi i> the mill- 
stone grit, and over tills are the coal measures proper. 
Time general divisions hold good over a large part ,,( In 
rope, and to a considerable extent In the eastern and north 
eastern Culled .status. Even in China there 1s a limestone 
formation corresponding in geological pmltlon and fossil 
contents with the mountain limestone of England. W her- 
ever It occurs, this formation Is characterized by similar 
fossils. Among these the most abundant forms are- rhl- 
tonnds. especially the wide-spread genus Fuiutina ; cri- 
nolds, in great variety and Ix-auty ; brachlopods, especially 
of the genera /Vmfuctiu and Spirifer; corals, among which 
the genus LMotbfatton Is conspicuous ; ganoid and sela- 
chian fishes; and also the earliest amphibians known. 
The trilobltes, very characteristic of groups lower than the 
Carboniferous, have in the mountain limestone almost 
entirely died out. This formation Is of great Interest in 
UN Mississippi valley, on account of the extent of territory 
which It covers and Its extraordinary wealth of fossil re- 
mains. In various parts of the world, notably In Scotland 
and In some parts of the Appalachian coal-field, the moun- 
tain limestone contains workable beds of coal. Also called 
carboniferous limestone. See earboniffrout. Niagara 
limestone, an Important member of the Cpper Silurian 
series, largely developed In the vicinity of Niagara Falls, 
and further west. The Medina sandstone, the Clinton 
group, and the Niagara shale and limestone together form 
the Niagara period "of Dana. The Niagara group con- 
tains large numbers of corals, crinoids, bruchlopods. and 
trilobltes. It Is nearly the equivalent of the Weulotk 
ffroupot English geologists. Near Lockport, New York, 
this rock contains many geodes lined with crystals of dog- 
tooth-spar (culcite), pearl-spar, and other minerals. The 
rocks of the Niagara period are overlain by the sallferous 
group, and this latter by the Lower llelderberg rocks. 
Nummulltic limestone. See Foraminijera. Trenton 
limestone, a rock of Lower Silurian age, finely exhibited 
at Trenton Kails, New York, and hence so named by the 
geologists of the New York Survey. It is also an Important 
member of the series further west than New York, and 
south through the Appalachian range. It Is generally a 
highly fossiliferous rock, rich in crinoids, brachiopods, 
triloliites, cephalopoda, and gastropods. The Trenton and 
Black River limestones, together with the Utiea slates and 
the Hudson River or Cincinnati group, constitute the 
" Trenton period " of Dana. See marble. 
limestone-meter (lim'ston-me'ter), . An in- 
strument for determining the proportion of 
calcareous matter in soils. 
lime-tree (llm'tre). n. Same as Kmc 2 Lime- 
tree winter moth. See math. 
lime-twig (lim'twig), . [< ME. lime-tteit/ ; < 
lime 1 + twig 1 .} A twig smeared with bird- 
lime; hence, that which catches; a snare; a 
beguiling trick or device. 
I donbt his limetmgi catch not; 
If they do, all 's provided. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night- Walker, IT. 2. 
Enter'd the very liinr-tm'js of his spells, 
And yet came off. Milton, Comus, 1. 040. 
limetwig (lim'twig), r. t.; pret. and pp. limc- 
tteigged,T>pT.limetteigaing. [< lime-twig, n.} To 
beset with lime-twigs or snares; entangle or 
retard. 
Not to have their consultations lime-tirigged with quirks 
and sophisms .of philosophical persons. 
/,. Addison, Western Barbary, Pref. 
lime-vial (lim'vi'al), n. A vial of quicklime 
intended for incendiary purposes: an object 
supposed to be represented by a large bulbous 
mass on the end of an arrow in some medieval 
pictures. 
lime- wash (lira' wosh), . A coating given with 
a solution of lime; whitewash. 
limewash (lim'wosh), . /. [< lime-wash, n.] 
To whitewash. 
Even in Cornwall and North Devon, moorstone cottages 
look very " dejected "unless they are lime-washed; 
Contemporary Rev., LI. 237. 
lime-water (lim'wa'ter), i. A saturated aque- 
ous solution of lime. Ills astringent and alkaline, and 
when added to milk It prevents the formation of dense co- 
agula. It Is used in diarrhea and vomiting, and as an ex- 
ternal application to ulcers, etc. It Is also employed in 
the clarification of coarse sugar, 
limewortt (Um'wert), n. An old name of the 
catch-fly, Silene Armeria, and of one or two 
other plants. 
limeyardt, . [ME. limgerd; < lime + ynrrfl.] 
Same as lime-rod. 
1 likne It to a lym-.rerde to drawen men to hell, 
And to worchipe of the fend to wraththcn the soules. 
IHert Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 564. 
Limicola (li-mik'o-lii), n. [NL., < L. ftmtw. mud 
(see lintf 1 ), + r/'W j'inhabit.] A genus of small 
broad-billed sandpipers of the family Scolopa- 
cidtf, having as type Iringa pla tyrhynclia. Koch, 
ISlfi. 
Limicolae (li-mik'o-le), n. pi. [NL-i pi- of Limi- 
cola.} 1. In ornith., an order or a suborder of 
birds, a part of the old order GraUtp or Gral- 
la tores, including most of those wading birds 
the few (usually four) young of which run about 
at birth, as distinguished from those of the 
heron tribe, which are reared in the nest, or of 
the rail tribe, which lay numerous eggs, it is 
called the "plover-snipe group," and embraces the fami- 
