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Definitions for: Limb
[n] any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
[n] the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
[n] either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
[n] one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
[n] (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
[n] any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Webster (1913) Definition: Limb (l[i^]m), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr
limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS.
li[eth], OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. li[thorn]us. Cf.
Lith, Limber.]
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. --Shak.
3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or
attachment to, something else. --Shak.
That little limb of the devil has cheated the
gallows. --Sir W.
Scott.
4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law.
[Colloq.] --Landor.
Limb, v. t.
1. To supply with limbs. [R.] --Milton.
2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
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.
Synonyms: arm, branch, tree branch
See Also: appendage, appendicular skeleton, arc, arm, border, bough, bow, branch, crus, cubitus, edge, extremity, flipper, forearm, forelimb, hind limb, leg, member, octant, part, portion, projection, sextant, stick, stump, thigh, tree
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