[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lime \lime\, n. as. limacm; akin to d. lijm, g. leim, ohg.
   limacm, icel. limacm, sw. lim, dan. liim, l. limus mud,
   linere to smear, and e. loam. root126. cf. loam,
   liniment.
   1. birdlime.
      1913 webster

            like the lime
            that foolish birds are caught with.   --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. chem. oxide of calcium, cao; the white or gray,
      caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by
      calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
      dioxide and leaving lime. it develops great heat when
      treated with water, forming slaked lime, and is an
      essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
      1913 webster +pjc

   note: lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble,
         chalk, bones, shells, etc.
         1913 webster

   caustic lime, calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a
      less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.

   lime burner, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make
      lime.

   lime pit, a limestone quarry.

   lime rod, lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence,
      that which catches; a snare. --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
loam liniment cao quicklime slaked lime caustic lime 
lime burner lime pit lime rod lime twig 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caustic \caus"tic\, caustical \caus"tical\, a. l. caustucs,
   ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. cf. calm, ink.
   1. capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
      away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
      searing.
      1913 webster

   2. severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
      1913 webster

   caustic curve optics, a curve to which the ray of light,
      reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
      reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
      being in one plane.

   caustic lime. see under lime.

   caustic potash, caustic soda chem., the solid
      hydroxides potash, koh, and soda, naoh, or solutions
      of the same.

   caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.

   caustic surface optics, a surface to which rays reflected
      or refracted by another surface are tangents. caustic
      curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
      reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.

   syn: stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
        1913 webster
see also:
calm ink caustic curve caustic lime lime caustic potash 
caustic soda koh naoh caustic silver caustic surface 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

caustic lime
     n : a caustic substance produced by heating limestone syn: calcium
         hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium
         hydrate, lime hydrate
see also:
calcium hydroxide lime slaked lime hydrated lime calcium hydrate lime hydrate 

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