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lime-pit
ˈlime-pit [f. lime n.1] 1. a. A limestone quarry. b. A pit in which lime is burnt.c 1440 Gesta Rom. lxx. 324 (Harl. MS.) Men that havith great plente of fire, for stonys to be brent in your lyme⁓pyttis. 1489–90 in Swayne Churchw. Acc. Sarum (1896) 371 Cariage of Rubrish fro the lymepittes to the ch....
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Bobovac
The second forecourt included buildings on three terraces, with a granary, battlements, a large water cistern, a smithy, a lime-pit and one small residential
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coal-heugh
ˈcoal-heugh, -hew Sc. Also 6–7 -heuch(e, 8 -hugh. [f. coal + heugh.] A coal-pit: perh. originally one open to the surface or excavated in the side of a slope or bank.1592 Sc. Acts, 12 Jas. VI (1597) §146 The wicked crime of setting of fire in Coal-heuches. 1653 R. Baillie Disswasive Vind. (1655) 21 ...
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Beaumaris
Later, hangings were carried out at the town gaol and the bodies buried in a lime-pit within the curtilage of the gaol.
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pit
pit/pɪt; pɪt/ n1 [C] large (usu deep) hollow or opening in the ground (地面的)大坑, (通常指)深坑.2 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词)(a) hole in the ground, usu with steep sides, from which esp minerals are dug out 坑; (尤指)矿井: a `chalk-pit 白垩取土坑 a `gravel-pit 采石场 a `lime-pit 石灰采石场.(b) hole in the ground made for ...
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lime
▪ I. lime, n.1 (laɪm) Forms: 1 l{iacu}m, 1, 3 liim, 3, 7 lim, 3–7 lym, 3–8 lyme, (4 liym), 3– lime. [OE. l{iacu}m str. masc. = MDu. lîm masc. (mod.Du. lijm fem.), OHG. lîm (MHG. lîm, mod.G. leim) masc., ON. l{iacu}m neut.:—OTeut. *lîmo- = L. līmus mud, f. WAryan root *lī̆- in L. li-nĕre to smear; an...
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bate
▪ I. bate, v.1 (beɪt) Also 6–7 baite, bayte, 7–9 bait. [a. OF. batre (mod. battre):—late L. batĕre, battĕre, for cl. L. batuĕre. In sense 1 partly also a shortened form of debate v.] † 1. To contend, fight, strive, with blows or arguments. Const. on. Obs.a 1300 Cursor M. 5913 And for he wil þus bate...
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