(a) Lime produced by calcining limestone, etc.; calcium oxide, quicklime; brent ~, hot ~, neue ~, quik ~, unquenched ~, unslekked ~; also, calcium hydroxide, slaked lime; quenched ~, slekked ~; also, lime, whether from calcined limestone or burnt shells, used in medicaments; (b) quicklime to be cast in the eyes of enemies; (c) marlinge ~, a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime used to improve soil; (d) gypsum; (e) med. oinement (unguent) of ~, a salve containing lime.

Lime used in the making of mortar, cement, plaster, and whitewash; flour of ~, powdered lime.

(a) Mortar for use with stone, tile, or brick in building; ~ and ston, stone masonry; (b) fig. ~ of love, the binding power of love.

(a) Birdlime; ~ of an ok, ?birdlime made from the berries of mistletoe growing on an oak, or from oak leaves; brid ~ [see brid 5. (a)]; (b) fig. something that entraps; (c) ?glue; (d) ?mineral pitch, bitumen; (e) mud, slime.

Cpds. & combs.: (a) ~ berere, one who carries lime; ~ brennere, one who calcines limestone; also in place name; ~ brushe, a brush for applying birdlime; ~ hous, a building where limestone is calcined; ~ kilne, a kiln for calcining limestone; ~ kilne-lond, land about a limekiln; (b) ~ man, a man who calcines, carries, or sells lime; ~ oste, a limekiln; ~ pit, a pit where limestone is quarried or calcined; ~ portour, one who carries lime; ~ pot, a pot to contain birdlime; ~ ridel, a sieve for lime; (c) ~ rod, a twig smeared with birdlime; ~ ston, limestone used either for calcined lime or for building purposes; also, a block of limestone; ~ twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; ~ water, a solution of slaked lime in water; ~ whiting, a mixture of slaked lime and water used to whitewash a wall; ~ wright, prob. = ~ brennere; ~ yerde, a stick smeared with birdlime for catching birds; also fig.

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.24].