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• Lime (mineral) — Lime is a general term for various naturally occurring minerals and materials derived from them, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides of calcium predominate. It is also name for single mineral (native lime) of the CaO composition, occurring …   Wikipedia

• lime|burn|er — «LYM BUR nuhr», noun. 1. a person who makes lime by burning or calcining limestone. 2. a container for burning or calcining limestone …   Useful english dictionary

• lime|kiln — «LYM KIHL, KIHLN», noun. a furnace for making lime, as by burning limestone, shells, and bones …   Useful english dictionary

• Lime kiln — A lime kiln is a kiln used to produce quicklime by the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate). The chemical equation for this reaction is::CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2This reaction takes place at 900°C (at which temperature the partial pressure …   Wikipedia

• Lime (material) — For other uses, see Lime (disambiguation). Limestone quarry in Brønnøy, Norway. Lime is a general term for calcium containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or …   Wikipedia

• lime — 1. noun /laɪm/ a) any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone , 1952, Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed …   Wiktionary

• Burning — Burn Burn (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (b[^u]rnd) or {Burnt} (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to OS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lime — There is plenty of limestone in Palestine, and lime was made by heating this in a kiln (Isa. 33:12). It could be used to make plaster to cover large stones (Deut. 27:2) and create a smooth surface. Amos (Amos 2:1) condemned the Moabites for… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• lime — lime1 [laım] n [Sense: 1,4; Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Provençal limo, from Arabic lim] [Sense: 2; Origin: Old English lind] [Sense: 3; Origin: Old English lim] 1.) a small juicy gr …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lime burner — a person who makes lime by burning or calcining limestone, shells, etc. [1300 50; ME] * * * …   Universalium

• lime — 1 noun 1 (C) a small juicy green fruit with a sour taste, or the tree this grows on 2 (C) a tree with pleasant smelling yellow flowers; linden 3 (U) a white substance obtained by burning limestone, used for making cement, marking sports fields… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English