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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as lime.

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Examples

  • No sound is dissonant which tells of Life. admin Uncategorized rachel blau duplessis, samuel taylor colerdige, this lime-tree bower my prison

    Rachel Blau DuPlessis reads “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2007

  • No sound is dissonant which tells of Life. admin Uncategorized rachel blau duplessis, samuel taylor colerdige, this lime-tree bower my prison

    2007 » December 2007

  • No sound is dissonant which tells of Life. admin Uncategorized david roderick, samuel taylor coleridge, this lime-tree bower my prison

    David Roderick reads “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2006

  • No sound is dissonant which tells of Life. admin Uncategorized david roderick, samuel taylor coleridge, this lime-tree bower my prison

    2006 » November 2006

  • There was no mystery in the assembly of the Heimliche Acht. Under the oak, or under the lime-tree, the Judges assembled in broad daylight, and before the eye of heaven; but the tribunal derived its name from the precautions which were taken for the purpose of preventing any disclosure of its proceedings which might enable the offender to escape the vengeance of the Vehme.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • Luckily, however, this recent appendage is hidden from sight by the first two trees of a lime-tree avenue planted in

    La Grenadiere 2007

  • “Come for a walk with me along the lime-tree avenue!”

    The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007

  • When Alexander had seen her crying in the lime-tree walk, her feelings of humiliation had been all the more acute for knowing that she had behaved meanly toward him earlier.

    The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007

  • I was sitting with Katt under a lime-tree, thinking of nothing.

    Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

  • Luckily, however, this recent appendage is hidden from sight by the first two trees of a lime-tree avenue planted in

    La Grenadiere 2007

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