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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

lime light \lime" light`\, limelight \lime"light`\
An intense light produced by heating lime. See {Calcium
light} under {Calcium}.
[1913 Webster]


limelight \lime"light`\, n. (Theat.)
That part of the stage upon which the limelight is cast,
usually where the most important action is progressing or
where the leading player or players are placed and upon which
the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated.
Hence, a conspicuous position before the public; the center
of public attention; -- used mostly in the phrase in the
limelight; as, politicians who are never happy except in the
limelight.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]