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lime-wort
▪ I. ˈlime-wort1 [f. lime n.1 + wort.] † 1. The Catchfly, Silene Armeria. [So called because covered with a sticky substance.] Obs.1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxxvi. (1633) 600 This plant called viscaria or Lyme-woort. 2. The Childing Pink, Dianthus prolifer. [So called from often growing on old morta...
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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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