What is "liming"

Lime \Lime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limed (l[imac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Liming.] [Cf. AS. gel[=i]man to glue or join together. See Lime a viscous substance.]

1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.

   These twigs, in time, will come to be limed.
   --L'Estrange.

2. To entangle; to insnare.

   We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance.
   --Tennyson.

3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them; to lime the lawn to decrease acidity of the soil.

   Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming.
   --Sir J. Child.

4. To cement. ``Who gave his blood to lime the stones together.''
   --Shak.

alt. 1 (present participle of lime English) 2 (context Trinidadian Caribbean slang English) hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene. vb. 1 (present participle of lime English) 2 (context Trinidadian Caribbean slang English) hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene.

Liming is the application of calcium- and magnesium-rich materials to soil in various forms, including marl, chalk, limestone, or hydrated lime. This neutralises soil acidity and increases activity of soil bacteria. However, oversupply may result in harm to plant life. Lime is a basic chemical, the effect of it makes the soil more basic thus making acidic soils neutral.

The degree to which a given amount of lime per unit of soil volume will increase soil pH depends on the cation exchange capacity (CEC). Soils with low CEC will show a more marked pH increase than soils with high CEC. But the low-CEC soils will witness more rapid leaching of the added bases, and so will see a quicker return to original acidity unless additional liming is done.

Over-liming is most likely to occur on soil which has low CEC, such as sand which is deficient in buffering agents such as organic matter and clay.

Most acid soils are saturated with aluminium rather than hydrogen ions. The acidity of the soil is therefore a result of hydrolysis of aluminium. This concept of "corrected lime potential" to define the degree of base saturation in soils became the basis for procedures now used in soil testing laboratories to determine the "lime requirement" of soils.

An agricultural study at the Faculty of Forestry in Freising, Germany that compared tree stocks 2 and 20 years after liming found that liming promotes nitrate leaching and decreases the phosphorus content of some leaves.

Liming may refer to:

Liming is a process used for parchment or leather processing, in which hides are soaked in an alkali solution. It is performed using a drum and paddle or a pit. Its objectives are:

• Removal of interfibrillary proteins.
• Removal of Keratin proteins.
• Collagen swelling due to the alkaline pH.
• Collagen fibre bundle splitting.
• Removal of natural grease and fats

Liming operations of cattle hides usually last 18 hours and are generally associated with the alkaline phase of beamhouse operations.