a. ? Obs. Also 5 lymous. [ad. L. līmōs-us, f. līmus mud, slime.] Muddy; slimy.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., IX. 139. Yf water ther be lymous or enfecte, Admyxtion of salt wol hit correcte.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 198/2. Gleymows, or lymows, limosus, viscosus, glutinosus.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., VI. i. 275. The mud and limous matter brought downe by the river Nilus.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1696. Floyer, Anim. Humours, 155 (J.). They esteemed this Natural Melancholic Acidity to be the limous or slimy, fæculent Part of the Blood.
1794. Sullivan, View Nat., II. 157. A limous lava … which consists of argillaceous and siliceous earths mixed with iron.
Hence † Limousness, sliminess.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 198/2. Gleymowsenesse, or lymow(s)nesse, limositas, viscositas.
