limature Now rare or Obs.
(ˈlaɪmətjʊə(r))
[ad. late L. līmātūra, f. līmā-re to limate: see -ure. Cf. obs. F. limature.]
Metal filings.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 99 Limature of iren... Limature of bras. 1658 tr. Porta's Nat. Magic vi. iv. 180 Take three or four pounds of the limature of Iron, wash it well [etc.]. 1721 in Bailey. (In mod. Dicts., which, however, give as the first sense ‘The act of filing’, without quot. or reference.) |