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verbunlime (third-person singular simple present unlimes, present participle unliming, simple past and past participle unlimed)
present singular third person unlimes · participle present unliming · participle past unlimed · past unlimed
- transitiveTo 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 287Synonyms: delime
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verbTo remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
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