† lime-rod Obs.
[f. lime n.1]
= lime-twig.
| c 1386 Chaucer Monk's T. 394 The feeld of snow, with thegle of blak ther-Inne Caught with the lymerod, coloured as the gleede. 1550 Coverdale Spir. Perle xxxi. 260 Like as y⊇ birde y{supt} is caught with the lyme rode. 1617 Minsheu, Lime twigges, or lime roddes. 1626 Breton Fantastickes Jan. (Grosart) 7 The Currier and the Lime-rod are the death of the fowle. |