LIMB
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Limb (lĭm), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. lið, OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. liþus. Cf. Lith, Limber.] 1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
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2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
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A second Hector for his grim aspect,
And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs.
Shak.
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3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. Shak.
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That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.
Sir W. Scott.
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4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
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Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.] Landor.
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Limb, v. t. 1. To supply with limbs. [R.] Milton.
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2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
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Limb, n. [L. limbus border. Cf. Limbo, Limbus.] 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.
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