Ground lime was also shipped to glass manufacturers, and to chemical and paper companies.

The fresh nuts, mixed with ground lime, are a mild stimulant and are sold fresh daily all over.

Buxton is all lime - limestone, ground lime, hydrated lime and cement; sales £45 million.

Geoffroy's spider monkey sometimes rubs a mixture of saliva and ground lime tree Citrus aurantifolia leaves on its fur.

Borosilicate glass is created by adding boric oxide to the traditional glassmaker's frit of silicate sand, soda, and ground lime.

For caulking the Chinese used a mix of ground lime with Tung oil together with chopped hemp from old fishing nets which set hard in 18 hours.

The grey terra-cotta floor tiles, which are laid on edge in groups of four (a pattern called jian fang) on a bed of packed sand, and held with a hand-mixed mastic of ground lime, bamboo, and tung oil.