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v. t.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
imp. & p. p.
of Limber
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Limber
v. t.
To supply with limbs.
n.
Alt. of Limbus
v. t.
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
v. t.
To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
a.
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
a.
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
n.
The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
n.
A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.
n.
The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
a.
Destitute of limbs.
a.
With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow.
a.
Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.
n.
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
n.
Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
v. t.
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
n.
The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.
n.
A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
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