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Citron (sĭtˈrŭn), n. [F. citron, LL. citro, fr. L. citrus citron tree (cf. citreum, sc. malum, a citron), from Gr. κίτρον citron]
1. (Bot) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic; it is produced by the citron tree (Citrus medica). The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce. The fruit was once called the lime.
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2. A citron tree, Citrus medica.
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3. A citron melon.
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Citron melon. (a) A small variety of muskmelon with sugary greenish flesh. (b) A small variety of watermelon, whose solid white flesh is used in making sweetmeats and preserves. -- Citron tree (Bot.), the tree which bears citrons. It was probably a native of northern India, and is now understood to be the typical form of Citrus Medica.
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Lime (līm), n. [See Leam a string.] A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell.
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Lime, n. [Formerly line, for earlier lind. See Linden.] (Bot.) The linden tree. See Linden.
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Lime, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See Lemon.]
1. (Bot.) The fruit of the Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it. The term lime was formerly also applied to variants of the closely related citron, of which there are two varieties, Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (Citrus Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour. See citron.
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2. The color of the lime1, a yellowish-green.
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Lime, n. [AS. līm; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG. līm, Icel. līm, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud, linere to smear, and E. loam. √126. Cf. Loam, Liniment.]
1. Birdlime.
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Like the lime
That foolish birds are caught with. Wordsworth.
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2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium, CaO; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slaked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
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☞ Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble, chalk, bones, shells, etc.
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Caustic lime, Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime. -- Lime burner, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime. -- Lime pit, a limestone quarry. -- Lime rod, Lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare. Chaucer.
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Lime, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limed (līmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liming.] [Cf. AS. gelīman to glue or join together. See Lime a viscous substance.]
1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
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These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. L'Estrange.
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2. To entangle; to insnare.
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We had limed ourselves
With open eyes, and we must take the chance. Tennyson.
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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.”
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Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. Sir J. Child.
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4. To cement. “Who gave his blood to lime the stones together.” Shak.
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lime (līmˈ), a. having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).
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