n. Any viscous substance; especially, a viscous substance laid on twigs for catching birds; bird-lime.n. An alkaline earth of great economic importance.To smear with a viscous substance for the purpose of catching birds.Hence To entangle; insnare; encumber.To apply lime to; in a special use, to manure with lime, as soil; throw lime into, as a pond or stream, to kill the fish in it.To sprinkle with slaked lime, as a floor; treat with lime; in leather manufacturing, to steep (hides) in a solution of lime in order to remove the hair.To cement.n. A tree of the genus Tilia, natural order Tiliaceæ; the linden.Of or pertaining to the tree so called.n. A tree, a variety of Citrus Medica.n. The fruit of the lime-tree.n. A cord for leading a dog; a leash. Hence limer, limmer, limehound.n. Limit; end.To file; polish.n. In leather manufacturing, a vat containing a solution of lime for unhairing skins.n. Citrus Australasica, a small tree of eastern Australia, bearing slender thorns, and ellipsoid or almost cylindrical fruits, 2–4 inches long, tasting like lemons.n. The finger-lime;n. An evergreen tree, Citrus australis, which reaches a height of from 30 to 50 feet and bears globular, acid fruits about the size of walnuts. Its beautiful light-yellow wood is hard, close-grained, and takes a high polish. Called also native orange.