Obs. rare. [a. F. limace (:—L. *līmācea) slug, formerly also shell-snail, or ad. L. līmāc-em, līmāx slug, snail.] A shell-snail.
1491. Caxton, Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1495), I. xlviii. 93 a/2. His skynne was as harde as the shell of a lymace.
1592. Lodge, Euphues Shadow (1882), 32. The Limace stayeth what shee toucheth.
