unlime en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + lime.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
The process of unliming hides and skins in tanning has been a slow and disgusting one, consisting in soaking the skins in a bath of manure in water, called bate.
1888, Popular Science, volume 34, number 10, page 287:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unliming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unlimes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unlimed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unlimed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |