unlime
English
Etymology
un- + lime
Verb
unlime (third-person singular simple present unlimes, present participle unliming, simple past and past participle unlimed)
- (transitive) To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
- 1888, Popular Science (volume 34, number 10, page 287)
- 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)
Synonyms
- delime
Anagrams
- Nimule, lumine