Obs. [f. LIME v.3 + -ING1.] Copulation.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 138. Sometime she bringeth forth but one, which is a good argument to proue that she is filled at the first lyming.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 130. Why Slugs or Dodmans ingender in the neck, and are so many hours, if not days, in the limeing.