unˈlimed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. Du. ongelijmd, G. ungeleimt.]
1. Not smeared or clogged with bird-lime. In quots. fig.
| 1622 S. Ward Christ All in All (1627) 36 Christ, whom hee longed to bee with, and would now with vnlimed and vnentangled wings flye vnto. a 1672 Sterry Freed. Will (1675) 137 It keeps these wings unlimed..by the filth or guilt of fleshly lusts. |
2. Not dressed or treated with lime.
| 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 215 This makes limed cloth easily distinguishable from unlimed. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 478 As the grain must have lain in the ground for two years, and none was observed in the unlimed part. |