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unlimes

unlimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unlime.

Meaning of unlime

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

Questions about unlimes

What is unlimes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unlimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unlime.

Words near unlimes in the dictionary

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

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