unlime

Etymology

From un- + lime.

unlime means to remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.“The process of unliming hides and skins in tanning has been a slow and disgusting one, consisting in soaking the skins in a bath of manure in water, called bate.”