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Limb   /lɪm/   Listen
noun
Limb  n.  
1.
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
2.
An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. "A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs."
3.
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. "That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows."
4.
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law. (Colloq.)



Limb  n.  A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(a)
(Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(b)
(Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
(c)
The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.



verb
Limb  v. t.  
1.
To supply with limbs. (R.)
2.
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Limb" Quotes from Famous Books



... circling rim, Her fingers grasping roses, and her lip All beautiful with Love's own witchery. She stood and noted with admiring look The strength of Adam's form, the expansive chest, The sloping muscle, and the sinew knit, The firm athletic limb, and every grace Combined and joined in that first, perfect man. Then Eve, grown humble in her wondrous love Of Adam's beauty, knelt upon the turf, While her long hair fell down in shining waves, And pressed her ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... an angel came to earth, Sent by his Lord, to help with loving hand A suffering one, afflicted from his birth. The limb was healed as by divine command, But He felt weak, for strength from Him had gone, A sacrifice which love could not withhold; So he sought shelter till the morning dawn, But none received—they prized not ...
— Gleams of Sunshine - Optimistic Poems • Joseph Horatio Chant

... a weather-tried trooper's, was harsh, gloomy, almost morose; not an unhandsome face, but set in such a severe cast the observer involuntarily wondered what experience had indited that scroll. Tall, large of limb, muscular, as was apparent even in a restful pose, he looked an athlete of the most approved type, ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham

... fair and "lucky" run, in which not a hand could be spared to carry the news home, for these fishermen learn to look almost with contempt upon death and disaster. Many a poor fellow with a broken limb must go days, even weeks, before he can reach a physician; and the friends on shore are left as long in ...
— Sara, a Princess • Fannie E. Newberry

... nuts planted were taken at random from a barrel in a grocery store. During the "silver thaw" of 1907, the most severe cold spell in the history of Oregon, one of the trees was wrenched in two, but the dismembered limb, hanging by a shred, bore a full crop ...
— Walnut Growing in Oregon • Various


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