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unlime

unlime verb: to remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.

Verb

unlime (third-person singular simple present unlimes, present participle unliming, simple past and past participle unlimed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
    • 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

Synonyms of unlime

Forms of unlime

third-person singular presentunlimes
present participleunliming
past participleunlimed
pastunlimed

Origin of unlime

From un- + lime.

Questions about unlime

What does unlime mean?
Unlime means to remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
What part of speech is unlime?
Unlime is a verb.
What is the past tense of unlime?
The past tense of unlime is unlimed.

Words near unlime in the dictionary

  1. unlimbered
  2. unlimbering
  3. unlimbers
  4. unlimbing
  5. unlimbs
  6. unlime
  7. unlimed
  8. unlimes
  9. unliming
  10. unlimit
  11. unlimitable

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