Now rare or Obs. [ad. late L. līmātūra, f. līmā-re to LIMATE: see -URE. Cf. obs. F. limature.] Metal filings.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 99. Limature of iren…. Limature of bras.
1658. trans. Porta’s Nat. Magic, VI. iv. 180. Take three or four pounds of the limature of Iron, wash it well [etc.].
1721. in Bailey. (In mod. Dicts., which, however, give as the first sense ‘The act of filing,’ without quot. or reference.)
