. BURN. Nureh, . . . . l'•as.
Shih-hwui, . . CHIN. Iswest, . . . Rua.
Chaux, Fn. Churns, . . . SANSK.
Kalk,.Leim, . . GER. Minuet), . . Smolt. Chuna, . . . . HIND. Cal,. . . . Sr., PORT. Calcina, Cake, . . . IT. Chunambu, . . . TAM. Cal x, Calxrecensusta, LAT. Kireeh, . . .
Lime is an English term applied alike to quick lime or freshly-burned limestone, to the same when it has been slaked, and when mixed with sand in the form of mortar. Lime, in its pure form, is a greyish-white, earthy-looking mass, moderately hard, brittle, sp. gr. 2'3 to 3'03, having an acrid alkaline taste, corroding animal substances. It is made by burning limestones of various kinds, also by burning shells of the mussel, cockle, oyster, Unio ampullaria. When fresh burnt, it absorbs both moisture and carbonic acid from the air. It will abstract water from most bodies, and is hence often employed as a drying substance. White Carrara marble, calcareous spar, chalk, shells, nodular limestone, or kankar, all yield good lime. With heat sufficiently great, the carbonic acid is expelled, and about 56 per cent. of lime left in a caustic state, and tolerably pure ; but if shells have been employed, mixed with a little phosphate of lime and oxide of iron. Water being added, limo cracks and falls to powder ; the rest is a hydrate of lime.
The farmers of the south of India manure the fields on which Sea Island cotton is grown with a compost of shells and mud saturated with sea writ er.—Roylc.
Lime, slaked.
Hydrate of lime, . ENG. Kapur mati, . . MALAY. Weis hydras, . . LAT.
The slaked lime is obtained by pouring water over quicklime. It is used for making mortar, by mixing it with sand, also after watery dilution as a whitewash ; in this form it is deemed to possess great purificatory power ; and in British India it is applied annually to buildings, but oftener when necessary.
Lime, carbonate of.
Kwang-fen, . . ems. Valaiti chuna, . Dint. Craie, . . . . Fn. Charts, Carbonate de chaux, „ Calcis =bonus, . . L. Kohlensnures kalk, GER.
Carbonate of lime assumes, in nature, several forms,—chalk, marble, limestone, calc-spar, kan kar, and in most of its varieties is useful in the arts and manufactures.
Lime fruit, Bergamotte lime, acid lime.
Citrus bergamia, Bisso. I C. acids, Roil,.
C. limetta, var., D. C.
Korna ncbu, Nebu, BENG. I Jaruk tipis, . . MALAY. Tan-pu-lo, . . . CHIN. Jaruk nipis, . . . „ Chan-po-lo, . . . „ Jambira, . . . SANSK.
tanh.yen,Coca.•CHIN. Dehi, . . . . SINGH. Khatta nimbu, . . HIND. Elimitebam palm, TAM. Limbu, Nimbu, . „ Nemma-pandu,. . TEL.
This fruit grows on a shrub or small tree. The rind of the fruit is of a pale-yellow colour ; the pulp within is very acid. It is largely used in cookery, and the expressed juice known as lime juice is preserved and used on board ship as an antiscorbutic ; also used to make lemonade. Dried limes are used by dyers in some parts of India to fasten and improve colours. There are eight varieties of this nintbu fruit,—the pad, kaghazi, gora, China-gora, Kamurali, Rungpur, and tabs 'limbo of Bengal, and the Arabian lime of Mus cat. It is grown throughout India, in Assam, the Sunda Islands, and Moluccas.-31`Ctd/oeh; Faulkner.
Lime, sweet lime, Citrus limetta, Risso and Poit. C. hystrix.
Shouk-cho, . . BERN. i Mitha nimbu,. . IIINT.
The sweet lime grows to the size of a large orange. Tho juice of the fruit is very grateful to persons with fever, although rather tasteless. It is easily propagated by seed. It will grow also from cuttings. The young shoots make a very good stock for orange grafts.