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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Lim'bate, a. p. 775(Bot.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.Lim'beck, n. p. 775A still. [Obs.] The dull drops As from a limbec did adown distill. Spencer.Lim'bee, v. t. p. 775To strain or pass through a still; to distill. [Obs.] Sandys.Lĭmbed, a. p. 775Having limbs; formed with regard to limbs; — used in composition; as, well-limbed; large-limbed; short-limbed. Numerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. Milton.Lim'ber, a. p. 775Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. “Who have a spirit so limber they can stretch it any whither.” Barrow.Lim'ber, v. t. p. 775To attach to the limbers; as, to limber the gun; — often with up. 2. [From the adjective.] To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.Lĭm'ber, n. p. 775(Mil.) That part of a gun-carriage, consisting of two wheels and a shaft, to which the horses are harnessed. 2. A shaft of a carriage; a thill. 3. (pl.) (Naut.) Holes cut through the floor timbers…Lim'ber-ness, n. p. 775The quality of being limber; flexibleness; pliancy.Limb'less, a. p. 775Destitute of limbs.Limb'meal, a. p. 775Piecemeal. [Obs.] Shak.Lim'bo or Lim'bus, n. p. 775(Scholastic Theol.) A region bordering on hell. “As far from help as limbo is from bliss.” Shak. A limbo large and broad, since called The paradise of fools. Milton. The limbus patrum was considered…Lime, n. p. 775A viscous substance, something laid on twigs for catching birds. Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with. Wordsworth. 2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium; the white, caustic substance, usually…Lime, n. p. 775A fruit allied to the lemon, but smaller, and more intensely sour. It is produced by the Citrus limetta, and found in all warm climates.Lime, v. t. p. 775To smear with a viscous substance. These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. L'Estrange. 2. To entangle; to insnare. We had limed ourselves with open eyes. Tennyson. 3. To manure with lime. Land…Lime'-bûrn'er, n. p. 775One who burns limestone to form lime.Līme'-hound, n. p. 775A hound or sporting dog, so called as led or confined by a lime; also, a blood-hound. I have seen him Smell out her footing like a lime-hound. Massinger.Līme'kĭln, n. p. 775A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are exposed to a strong heat and reduced to lime.Lĭ-mĕn'e-an, n. p. 775(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Lima, in Peru.Lĭ-mĕn'e-an, a. p. 775(Geog.) Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima.Līme'-plănt, n. p. 775The May-apple.Līme'-rŏd, n. p. 775The same as LIME-TWIG. Halliwell.Līme'-sĭnk, n. p. 775A rounded hole or depression in the ground in limestone countries.Līme'stōne, n. p. 775A kind of stone consisting largely or chiefly of carbonate of lime; from which lime is obtained by the expulsion of its carbonic acid. Bala limestone (Geol.), a dark limestone associated with slate…Līme'-twĭg, n. p. 775A twig smeared with lime; hence, that which catches; snare. “Entered the very lime-twigs of his spells.” Milton.Līme'-twĭgged, a. p. 775Smeared with lime. Addison.Līme'-wa'ter, n. p. 775Water impregnated with lime.Līm'ing, n. p. 775The act of manuring with lime.Lĭm'it, n. p. 775That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge. 2. (Logic & Metaph.) A…Lĭm'it, v. t. p. 775To bound, to set bounds to. 2. To confine within certain bounds; to circumscribe; to restrain. Limit each leader to his several charge. Shak. 3. To restrain or confine the signification of; to define…Lĭm'it, v. i. p. 775To beg or exercise functions within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]Lĭm'it-a-ble, a. p. 775Capable of being limited, circumscribed, bounded, or restrained.Lĭm'it-ā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 775Pertaining to bounds. [Obs.] Wilkinson.Lĭm'it-ā'ri-an, a. p. 775Tending to limit.Lĭm'it-a-ry, a. p. 775Placed at the limit, as a guard. “Proud limitary cherub.” Milton. 2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, &c. “Limitary king.” Pitt. “The limitary ocean.” Trench. “The poor…Lĭm'it-ā'tion, n. p. 775The act of bounding or circumscribing. 2. The condition of being limited, restricted, or circumscribed; restriction. Am I yourself But as it were in sort and limitation? Shak. 3. The means of…Lim'it-ed, a. p. 775Narrow; circumscribed; as, our views of nature are very limited.Lim'it-ed-ly, adv. p. 775With limitation.Lim'it-ed-ness, n. p. 775State of being limited.Lĭm'it-er, n. p. 775One who, or that which, limits or confines. 2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour.] A limiter of the Gray…Lim'it-less, a. p. 775Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies.Līm'ma, n. p. 775(Mus.) One of the ancient Greek mathematical intervals. See APOTOME.Lim'mer, n. p. 775A 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…Lĭm'mer, a. p. 775Limber. [Obs.] They have their feet and legs limmer, wherewith they crawl. Holland. 2. Low; base. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Lĭmn, v. t. p. 775To draw or paint; especially, to paint in water colors; to illumine, as books or parchments with ornamental figures, letters, or borders. Let a painter limn out a million of faces, and you shall find…Līm′ni-ad or Li-mō′ni-ad, n. p. 775(Myth.) A nymph of the pools.Lim'ner, n. p. 775One who limns, or one who decorates books with initial pictures. 2. A portrait or miniature painter.Līm'on-ite, n. p. 775(Min.) See IRON.Lī'mo-sĕl'la, n. p. 775(Bot.) A genus of diminutive aquatic plants found growing on muddy shores; mud-wort.Lī-mō'sis, n. p. 775(Med.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.Lī'mo-thēr'a-pē'ia, n. p. 775(Med.) A method of treating diseases by fasting. Dunglison.Lī'moūs, a. p. 775Muddy; slimy; thick. Browne.Lĭmp, v. i. p. 775To halt; to walk lamely.Limp, n. p. 775A halt; act of limping.Limp, a. p. 775Vapid; weak. [Obs.] Walton. 2. Lacking stiffness; flexible; limpsy; as, a limp cravat. Thackeray.Lĭmp'er, n. p. 775One who limps.Lĭm'pet, n. p. 775(Conch.) (a.) A univalve shell of the genus Patella, found adhering to rocks. (b.) A fresh-water mollusk of the genus Ancylus.Lĭm′pid, a. p. 775Characterized by clearness or transparency; as, a limpid stream. Syn.—Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent.Lim-pid’i-ty, n. p. 775The state of being limpid or clear; clearness; purity.Lĭm'pid-ness, n. p. 775Limpidity; clearness.Lĭm'pin, n. p. 775A limpet. [Obs.] Holland.