[f. LIME sb.1] A solution of lime in water, used medicinally and in the clarification of sugar.
1677. Grew, Colours Plants, iii. in Anat. Plants (1682), 277. Other Alkalies, and particularly Lime-Water.
1794. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), I. 5. The strongest lime-water contains no more than about one grain per ounce troy.
1849. D. Campbell, Inorg. Chem., 136. Lime-water soon becomes covered with a pellicle of carbonate when exposed to the air.
