lime machine

Gas-making: A machine in which gas is purified by pa ing through lime. lime-malachite, s. IMG:content-0582.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To cement. "Who gave his blood to lime the stones together." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III ., v. 1. 5. To manure with lime; to spread lime over. "All sorts of pease love limed or marled land." - Morti- mer: Husbandry. IMG:content-0583.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0584.png:[blocks in formation] L. camilla is from Continental Europe. Various scribe, to restrain. other species are found in this country, in India, . lim'-er, *lym-ere, s. [Eng. lime (4), s.; -er.] The same as LIME HOUND (q. v.). li-mět-tic, a. [Mod. Lat. ( Citrus ) limett (a); -ic.] limettic-acid, s . of pota ium bichromate on oil of lime or oil of rosemary. It is a colorle , crystalline substance, soluble in alcohol, and volatilizes when heated. IMG:content-0585.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0586.png:[blocks in formation] lim-It-ěd, pa . par . & a. [LIMIT, v.] A. As pa . par.: (See the verb.) IMG:content-0587.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0588.png:[blocks in formation] *4. Appointed, fixed. ""Tis my limited service."-Shakesp.: Macbeth, ii. 3. (1) Limited administration: Law : A special and temporary administration of certain specific effects of a testator or intestate granted under varying circumstances. (2) Limited liability : Liability is said to be limited when the persons liable are bound under clearly-defined conditions. The phrase is chiefly used in connection with stock companies, and in that connection it means that the stockholders shall not be called upon, under any circumstances, to contrib. ute more than the par value of the shares of stock for which they have subscribed. If the debts of such a company, when wound up, amount to more than the resources of the company can meet, the creditors must bear the lo . (3) Limited monarchy: A monarchy in which the power of the sovereign is not absolute, but is constitutionally limited, usually by a emblages of the nobility, clergy, and elected representatives of the people. The sovereignty is a headship more or le real; it is not an autocracy. (4) Limited problem : Mach.: A problem admitting of only one solution, or of a determinate number of solutions. lim-It-ěd-ly, adv . [Eng. limited ; -ly .] limited manner or degree; with limitations. lim-It-ěd-ne , s. [Eng. limited; -ne .] quality or state of being limited. In a The lim-It-er, *lim-it-our, *lim-it-or, *lym-atour, 8. [Eng. limit ; -er, -or.] 1. One who or that which limits, binds, or circum scribes. Tetrachord on. "A law so good and moral, the limiter of sin." - Milton : 2. A friar who was licensed to beg or to exercise his functions within certain limits. "Ther walketh now the limit our himself." Chaucer: C. T., 6,460.