lime (2 usually fig.)
1.
to cement
3H6 V. i. 84
“to lime the stones
together.”
2.
to catch with
birdlime
Ado III. i. 104
“She's l-d,”
All'sW. III. v. 24,
3H6 V. vi. 13
“l-d in a bush,”
Ham. III. iii. 68
“O l-d soul . . .
struggling to be free,”
Lucr. 88
“Birds never lim'”
3.
to put lime into
liquor
Wiv. I. iii. 14
“Let me see thee froth
and lime”
(Qq1 2
“lyme”; Ff Q3
“liue”).