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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Limmer

Lim'mer, n.

noun

n. [Fr. limier. See LEAMER and LIME-HOUND.]

  1. A lime-hound. See LIME-HOUND.
  2. A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff; a mongrel. Sir T. Elyot.
  3. A low, base fellow;—so called in contempt. “Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.” W. Scott.
  4. A thill or shaft. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Lĭm'mer, a.

adjective

a. 1. Limber. [Obs.] They have their feet and legs limmer, wherewith they crawl. Holland.

Sense 2. Low; base. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.