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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



... peculiar voice, and the more impassioned he was in speaking of himself, the more merciless and enraged was he in reviling everything and everybody. And his relation toward Foma was dual; sometimes he gave him courage and spoke to him hotly, quivering in every limb. ...
— Foma Gordyeff - (The Man Who Was Afraid) • Maxim Gorky
... shandry-dan with just space enough between its horns to toss the two of us in the direction where we would go. Its gaunt framework was painted of a bright red, and our feet had only netting to rest on: so constructed, the creature was most vital and light of limb, taking every rut on the road with flea-like agility. Oh, but ...
— An Englishwoman's Love-Letters • Anonymous
... boatmen carried me into the house, and laid me on a couch, and my friend, who was a medical man, examined my hurt.—From all this affliction I am, through mercy, nearly restored. I am still very weak, and the injured limb is very painful. I am unable to walk two steps without crutches; yet my strength is sensibly increasing, and Dr. Mellis, who attended me during the illness, says he has no ...
— The Life of William Carey • George Smith
... on the foot, the fang penetrating through the boot. He was brought forty miles to Fort Fetterman, where I was then stationed. I saw him about twenty-four hours after he was struck. There was an enormous swelling, extending up to the knee. The whole limb was bronzed in appearance. There was no special discoloration about the wound; in fact, the swelling disguised this to such an extent that it was impossible to determine exactly where the fangs had entered. The pulse was scarcely perceptible ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 • Various
... "your father's the one has to see you get into college or get a job. Sometimes schools do let kids take a lot of soft courses, and then they're out on a limb later." ...
— It's like this, cat • Emily Neville


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