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unliming

unliming is the present participle and gerund 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 unliming

What is unliming the present participle and gerund of?
Unliming is the present participle and gerund of unlime.

Words near unliming in the dictionary

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

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