liming
塗石灰; 施石灰; 施用石灰; 灰浸
Lime, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limed p. pr. & vb. n. Liming.]
1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. --L'Estrange.
2. To entangle; to insnare.
We had limed ourselves
With open eyes, and we must take the chance. --Tennyson.
3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them; to lime the lawn to decrease acidity of the soil.
Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. --Sir J. Child.
4. To cement. “Who gave his blood to lime the stones together.”
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