Part 6544

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Limestone</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lime"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called <i>magnesian or dolomitic limestone</i>. Crystalline limestone is called <i>marble</i>.</def>

<h1>Lime twig</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lime twig</hw><def>. See under 4th <er>Lime</er>.</def>

<h1>Lime-twigged</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lime"-twigged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.</def>

<i>L. Addison.</i>

<h1>Limewater</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lime"wa`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.</def>

<h1>Limicol\'91</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li*mic"o*l\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limicola</ets> a dweller in the mud; <ets>limus</ets> mud + <ets>colere</ets> to dwell.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grall\'91.</def>

<h1>Limicoline</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li*mic"o*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicol\'91.</def>

<h1>Liminess</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being limy.</def>

<h1>Limit</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>limes</ets>, <ets>limitis</ets>: cf. F.<ets>limite</ets>; <ets>-or</ets> from E. <ets>limit</ets>, <er>v</er>. See <er>Limit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; <as>as, the <ex>limit</ex> of a walk, of a town, of a country; the <ex>limits</ex> of human knowledge or endeavor.</as></def>

<blockquote>As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant <b>limits</b> strayed. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The space or thing defined by limits.</def>

<blockquote>The archdeacon hath divided it Into three <b>limits</b> very equally. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.</def>

<blockquote>The dateless <b>limit</b> of thy dear exile. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>limit</b> of your lives is out. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.</def>

<blockquote>I prithee, give no <b>limits</b> to my tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Logic & Metaph.)</fld> <def>A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic a differentia.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.</def>