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lime-twig
ˈlime-twig [f. lime n.1] 1. A twig smeared with birdlime for catching birds.? a 1400 Lydg. Chorle & Byrde (Roxb.) 13 Thy lyme twigges and panters I deffye. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 705 Such as bring vs Hawkes, doe take them for the most part with lime-twigges. 1678 Bunyan Pilgr. Apol. A iv...
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The Lime Twig
The Lime Twig is a 1961 experimental novel by American writer John Hawkes. Plot
In England after World War II, a sedate, bored lower-class couple—Michael and Margaret Banks—are lured into fronting a racehorse scheme. Michael is befriended by William Hencher, a well-meaning but lost soul who fell int...
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lime-rod
† 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 rod...
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Lime tree in culture
lime tree is named "Lind", the 100 most common surnames in 2015 included at 17 Lindberg (Lime-hill), at 21 Lindström (Lime-stream), at 22 Lindqvist (Lime-twig
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undelayable
undeˈlayable, a. (un-1 7 b.)1628 Feltham Resolves ii. xxii. 72 With what vndelayable heate, does the lime-twig'd Louer court a deseruing Beautie? 1887 Lowell Democr., etc. 6 The undelayable year has rolled round.
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Plant epithet
means the Lime or Linden tree, the 100 most common surnames in 2015 included at 17 Lindberg (Lime-hill), at 21 Lindström (Lime-stream), at 22 Lindqvist (Lime-twig
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twig
▪ I. twig, n.1 (twɪg) Forms: 1–2, 4–7 twigge (1 tuigge, tuicg-), 4–6 twygge (4 pl. tuygges, tuyegges); 2, 4 twige, 4 tvige, 6 twike; 4–5 tuyg, 4–6 twyg, 6–7 twygg, 5– twig (6 Sc. tuig, 7 twigg). [Northern OE. twigge fem. (pl. twiggo), obscurely related to OE. twiᵹ neut. (pl. twiᵹu), later also tw{ia...
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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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