limyadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪmi/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪmi/

Etymology: < lime n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Besmeared with birdlime.In modern dictionaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [adjective] > caught with bird-lime

limy1552

bird-limed1580

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective]

thickc888

toughc1000

cleavingc1350

gluey1382

gluish1382

gleiming1387

gummya1398

clammy1398

gleimy1398

viscosec1400

viscousc1400

emplastic?a1425

plastery?c1425

stiffc1430

clamc1440

engleimous?c1475

rawky1509

rich1535

clammish1543

limy1552

strong1560

glutinous1576

cloggy1587

emplastical1590

viscuous1603

plasterish1610

slaba1616

bound1635

viscid1635

lentous1646

spiscious1655

melleous1656

salivarious1656

glutining1658

syrupical1659

glairy1662

gummous1669

gummose1678

mellaginous1681

melligineous1684

pargety1684

sticky1688

sizy1691

dauby1697

syrupy1707

treacly?1734

glaireous1755

flabbyc1780

spissid1782

stodgy1823

waxy1835

teery1848

treacle-like1871

viscoid1877

slauming1904

gooey1906

gloopy1929

gunky1937

gungy1962

yucky1975

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Lymye or clammye, viscidus.

1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. X2 He..wrapt his winges twaine In lymie snares the subtill loupes among.

2. Consisting of or containing lime.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > limy/lime-free

limy1676

lime-free1935

1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 615 Some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 7 A human Skull cover'd all over with the Skin. Having been buried..in some Limy..soil, by which it was tann'd.

1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. x. 227 Its limy ruins, spread over the surface, burn the soil, and check its natural fertility.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iii. 66 Their flinty and limy cases..being aggregated in countless myriads.

1893 Black & White 15 Apr. 464/2 Limy dust..fills the eyes.

3. Of the nature of lime, resembling lime.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > native earths > [adjective] > lime

limy1775

1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 34 There is peculiarity in the water at Winchester, owing..to the soil's being of a limy quality.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	limy
释义	limyadj. Brit. /ˈlʌɪmi/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmi/ Etymology: < lime n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Besmeared with birdlime.In modern dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [adjective] > caught with bird-lime limy1552 bird-limed1580 the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] thickc888 toughc1000 cleavingc1350 gluey1382 gluish1382 gleiming1387 gummya1398 clammy1398 gleimy1398 viscosec1400 viscousc1400 emplastic?a1425 plastery?c1425 stiffc1430 clamc1440 engleimous?c1475 rawky1509 rich1535 clammish1543 limy1552 strong1560 glutinous1576 cloggy1587 emplastical1590 viscuous1603 plasterish1610 slaba1616 bound1635 viscid1635 lentous1646 spiscious1655 melleous1656 salivarious1656 glutining1658 syrupical1659 glairy1662 gummous1669 gummose1678 mellaginous1681 melligineous1684 pargety1684 sticky1688 sizy1691 dauby1697 syrupy1707 treacly?1734 glaireous1755 flabbyc1780 spissid1782 stodgy1823 waxy1835 teery1848 treacle-like1871 viscoid1877 slauming1904 gooey1906 gloopy1929 gunky1937 gungy1962 yucky1975 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Lymye or clammye, viscidus. 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. X2 He..wrapt his winges twaine In lymie snares the subtill loupes among. 2. Consisting of or containing lime. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > limy/lime-free limy1676 lime-free1935 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 615 Some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 7 A human Skull cover'd all over with the Skin. Having been buried..in some Limy..soil, by which it was tann'd. 1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. x. 227 Its limy ruins, spread over the surface, burn the soil, and check its natural fertility. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iii. 66 Their flinty and limy cases..being aggregated in countless myriads. 1893 Black & White 15 Apr. 464/2 Limy dust..fills the eyes. 3. Of the nature of lime, resembling lime. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > native earths > [adjective] > lime limy1775 1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 34 There is peculiarity in the water at Winchester, owing..to the soil's being of a limy quality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552
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