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delime
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[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To remove lime from; especially to wash or treat (a hide or skin) so as to remove or neutralize lime which has been applied to it as part of the tanning process.
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Origin
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late 19th century; earliest use found in William Crookes (1832–1919), chemist and science journalist. From de- + lime, originally after German entkalken
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