[LIME sb.1] One whose occupation it is to make lime by burning limestone.
1329. Petition, in Riley, Mem. Lond. (1868), 174. Hugh de Hecham, lymbrennere.
1497–8. in Swayne, Churchw. Acc. Sarum, 49. Diuersis lymebrenners pro lyme.
c. 1515. Cocke Lorell’s B. 10. Parys plasterers, daubers, and lyme borners.
1624–5. in Swayne, Churchw. Acc. Sarum (1896), 181. 15 quarters of Lyme to Snowe the Lymeburner.
1749. Bracken, Farriery Impr. (ed. 6), xxxiv. 287. The Lime-burners Horses are very subject to the scab.
1808. J. Walker, Hist. Hebrides, I. 165. A skillful limeburner … who has had full experience in burning limestone with peat, turf, and wood.
1842. S. Lover, Handy Andy, xxv. My mouth is as dry as a limeburner’s wig.
