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lymer

lymer is the obsolete form of limer.

Meaning of limer

Noun (1)

limer (plural limers)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Noun (2)

limer (plural limers)

  1. Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Noun (3)

limer (plural limers)

  1. (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

Forms of lymer

plurallymers

Questions about lymer

What is lymer the obsolete form of?
Lymer is the obsolete form of limer.

Words near lymer in the dictionary

  1. Lyme neuroborreliosis
  2. Lyme Regis
  3. lymecycline
  4. lymed
  5. lymegrass
  6. lymer
  7. lymers
  8. lymes
  9. Lymeswold
  10. lymexylid
  11. lymexylids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lymer (page history and authors); limer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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