unlime

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lime.

Verb

unlime (third-person singular simple present unlimes, present participle unliming, simple past and past participle unlimed)

1. (transitive) To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
   • 1888, Popular Science, volume 34, number 10, page 287:

     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.

Synonyms

• delime

Anagrams

• Nimule, lumine