Definition of "lime" []

• A spiny evergreen shrub or tree (Citrus aurantifolia), native to Asia and having leathery leaves, fragrant white flowers, and edible fruit. (noun)
• The egg-shaped fruit of this plant, having a green rind and acid juice used as flavoring. (noun)
• See linden. (noun)
• See calcium oxide. (noun)
• Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as silica, alumina, and iron. Also called quicklime. (noun)

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• "In the ordinary so-called raw phosphates, such as bone-meal, bone-ash, coprolites, &c., the lime and phosphoric acid are combined in the form of what is known, in chemical phraseology, as _tribasic phosphate of lime_."
• "But there is this remarkable difference, that while either the lime, soda, or potash silicate is capable of removing the ammonia from _solution_, the _lime_ silicate alone _has the power of absorbing it from the air_."
• "On plot 5, with 300 lbs. of superphosphate of lime per acre, the yield is precisely the same as on plot 2, with 100 lbs. of plaster (_sulphate of lime_), per acre."