Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Limaille \Li"maille\ (l[imac]"m[=a]l; F. l[-e]`m[aum]"y'), n.
   [F., fr. limer to file. See {Limation}.]
   Filings of metal. [Obs.] ``An ounce . . . of silver
   lymaille.'' --Chaucer.