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Meaning of unlime | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.

transitive

Examples

“The process of unliming hides and skins in tanning has been a slow and disgusting one, consisting in soaking the skins in a bath of manure in water, called bate.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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