lime

• Add several dashes of orange bitters - citrus bitters will do in a pinch, though the lime is a little out of place - and stir until icy cold. —  Pajiba
• They were wet, and we put them there to dry, so you could have them to cook with Then Mr. Crow went straight up the stairs and back to his kitchen, and there was the barrel of leaves, still smoking a little, though not much, for the lime was about "slacked." —  Hollow Tree Nights and Days
• The buyer will bear in mind, moreover, that much of the stone-lime which is burned on farms comes from limestone that is not very pure, and all impurity is waste. —  Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
• He died, A. D. 1706 Bass_, or bass wood, a large forest tree of America, sometimes called the lime-tree. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
• To test the strength of the lime-water drop in an egg that you know to be fresh, and if it floats the lime is too strong, add another gallon or more of water until you find the egg dropping to the bottom CURÉE EGGS MISS MITCHELL Boil six eggs quite hard, then shell and cut them in half; have drawn butter not too thick, flavor with curée powder. —  My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec

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