Definition of Limed

1. Verb. (past of lime) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Limed

1. lime [v] - See also: lime

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limed

lime-green
lime-twig
lime-twigged
lime hydrate
lime juice
lime juices
lime mortar
lime rickey
lime sulfur
lime tree
lime water
limeade
limeades
limecrete
limed (current term)
limehound
limehounds
limekiln
limekilns
limeless
limelight
limelighted
limelighting
limelights
limelike
limelit
limen
limen insulae
limen nasi

Literary usage of Limed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... limed Twigs to catch Young Birds,' 1816 ; ' Rural Scenes ; ' ' City Scenes ¡ ' ' Hymns for Infant Schools ; ' ' Original Anniversary Hymns for Sunday ..."

2. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"As may be learned from the specification, "limed coal" is made by taking quicklime, ... The products arising when "limed coal is submitted to destructive ..."

3. Experimental Agriculture: Being the Results of Past, and Suggestions for by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1849)
"Suggestions for experiments on over-limed land. Land to which lime has been applied too frequently, or in too large doses, is not only liable to exhaustion, ..."

4. Father and Son: Biographical Recollections by Edmund Gosse (1907)
"... irritating to his hapless correspondent, who was now "snared" indeed, limed by the pen like a bird by the feet, and could not by any means escape. ..."

5. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1897)
"Manures on land not limed gave an average yield of 28-8 tons, whilst on limed land the result was 3o-1 tons, an increase of 1-3 tons per acre per annum due ..."

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