limare

1 limare [CL] 1 to work (an object) with a file, to smooth or polish by filing (also in fig. context); b (p. ppl. as adj.) filed, smoothed, polished. ~at swyrfþ GlP 428; dum aer offenditur in scissura [sc. tintinabuli], ex partium inequalitate et asperitate fit sonus raucus; quod si ~etur scissura et ad equalitatem ducatur, fiet sonus clarus quoniam removetur causa raucedinis Quaest. Salern. Ba 1; 1266 in lino in parte sarclando, tractando, ~ando et attornando, vij s. iiij d. ob. Pipe Wint. 95; qui dentes acuit ut carpat crimina / offendit Cesarem et aule lumina; / ergo vel dencium limet acumina, / vel certa Cesaris abjuret limina Walt. Wimb. Palpo 47.  b politum, ~atum GlC P 521; ~ati, mundati Gl. Leid. 15. 47; nec ledit acuto / exterretque manus caro limatissima rusco Hanv. II 64. 2 to sharpen (by filing; also p. ppl. as adj., and in fig. context). 672 Theodorus ‥ ~ato perniciter grammatico dente ‥ rebelles falanges discutit Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 493; gladius ‥ ~atus J. Ford Serm. 41. 4 (v. exacuere 1c); mucro limatus laniat J. Howd. Cyth. 24. 1. 3 (fig.) to improve, perfect, polish (also p. ppl. as adj.): a (person, or person’s life); b (style, utterance, decision, or sim.; cf. 5a infra). a tota acumine ~atorum in consiliis virorum inaniter ‥ certabatur W. Malm. GP I 49 p. 88; ut scriptor gestorum ejus esset ~atus lingua et probatus scientia Id. Wulfst. prol. p. 3; illimis [sc. Maria], limes vite, vitam michi limes [gl.: adaptes, adornes] / ad te sublimes et fructu ventris opimes Garl. Mor. Scol. 661.  b quem ‥ audeo dicere non bene ~atam de hac re protulisse sententiam Rob. Bridl. Dial. 32; ut literatis sensibus non tam ~atum eloquium quam lucida porrigatur evidentia rerum Lucian Chester 54; 1586 nullae sententiae mortis ‥ executioni traditae sunt, nisi prius probatissimorum patrum consilio et conscientia ~atae fuissent (Chr.) Scot. Grey Friars II 178. 4 to reduce to filings, rub or grind down to small pieces. argentum ~etur cum lima donec fiat sicut terra Gad. 48.2. 5 a to remove by filing (in quot., w. ref. to removal of imperfections from style). b (alch.) ? to remove (impurity) by sublimation. a illa quibus [lector] vel sales libaret vel lingue rubiginem ~aret W. Malm. GR I 59 p. 63.  b ex multa sublimacionis iteracione anima cum aqua ascendens depuratur et ejus grossities ad ima descendens in terram ~atur Dastin Ros. 9.

2 limare , to squint. to glee, ~are CathA.