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limous, a. ? Obs.|ˈlaɪməs|
Also 5 lymous, -ows.
[ad. L. līmōs-us, f. līmus mud, slime.]
Muddy; slimy.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. ix. 139 Yf water ther be lymous or enfecte, Admyxtion of salt wol hit correcte. c1440Promp. Parv. 198/2 Gleymows, or lymows, limosus, viscosus, glutinosus. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. i. 275 The mud and limous matter brought downe by the river Nilus. 1656in Blount Glossogr. a1734Sir J. Floyer (J.), They esteemed this natural melancholick acidity to be the limous or slimy fœculent part of the blood. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 157 A limous lava..which consists of argillaceous and siliceous earths mixed with iron.
Hence † limousness, sliminess.
c1440Promp. Parv. 198/2 Gleymowsenesse, or lymow(s)nesse, limositas, viscositas. |