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Webster 1913 Edition

(līm′wa̤ˊtẽr)

Noun.

Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

Noun.

Water impregnated with lime.

See also: lime water

limewater ‎(countable and uncountable, plural limewaters)

(inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.