▪ I. liming, vbl. n.1
(ˈlaɪmɪŋ)
[f. lime v.1 + -ing1.]
† 1. Gluing or cementing together. In quot. fig.
| c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 436/13 Liture, liming. a 1225 Ancr. R. 138 Þet..monnes soule..schal beon so ueste iueied to þe flesche, þet nis bute uen & ful eorðe, & þuruh þet ilke limunge luuien hit so swuðe, þet [etc.]. |
2. The action or process of treating things with lime. a. Whitewashing with lime. (See also white-liming.) b. Dressing earth with lime, in cultivation. c. Steeping skins in lime and water.
| a. 1552 Elyot Dict., Albarium opus, pargettyng, white limyng. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Encaladura, the liming, the plaistering of an house. 1626 Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 181 For lymeinge the windowes about that were glased, and other that neaded lymeinge aboute xij d. |
| b. 1620 Markham Farew. Husb. ii. ii. (1668) 7 The Liming of your ground will take at least half so much time as the sanding. 1798 Trans. Soc. Arts XVI. 122 We have never found that a second liming has produced any good effect. 1856 Olmsted Slave States 13 Deep plowing and limeing, and the judicious use of manures. 1875 Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 92 §5 Claying of land, liming of land, marling of land. |
| c. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 86/2 Lyming, piting the skins with Lime and Water. 1778 Projects in Ann. Reg. 118/1 Steeping the hides for a short time in a mixture of lime and water, which is called liming. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. ii. 50. |
▪ II. † liming, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. lime v.3 + -ing1.]
Copulation.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 138 Sometime she bringeth forth but one, which is a good argument to proue that she is filled at the first lyming. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 130 Why Slugs or Dodmans ingender in the neck, and are so many hours, if not days, in the limeing. |
▪ III. liming, vbl. n.3
see limer3.
▪ IV. liming
obs. form of limning.