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limy
CIDE DICTIONARY
limy, a. [See 4th Lime.].
- Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Containing lime; as, a limy soil. [1913 Webster]
- Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime. [1913 Webster]
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limy
Gray
N gray, neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille, Payne's gray, black, gray, grey, iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan, calcareous, limy, favillous, silver, silvery, silvered, ashen, ashy, cinereous, cineritious, grizzly, grizzled, slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored, cool.
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