Limekiln
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Limekiln is a noun meaning A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.
Meaning
A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, figurative) A burning sensation.
Example Sentences
“I can’t be dead,” he reflected. “I have a villainous headache, and my mouth is like a lime-kiln […]”
From head to foot I was powdered almost as white with chalk and dust, as if I had come out of a lime-kiln.
Thou mightst as well say I love to walk by the Counter-gate, which is as hateful to me as the reek of a lime-kiln.
He wasn’t comfortable, he said. And he’d got a thirst like a lime kiln. And he’d noticed that there was no water-bottle in the room.
Word Forms
- limekilns
- lime-kiln
- lime kiln
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lime kiln, limepit, liming, limeyard, dolime, quicklime.
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