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- English Word Limber Definition To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
- English Word Limber Definition Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
- English Word Limber Definition To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
- English Word Limbered Definition of Limber
- English Word Limbering Definition of Limber
- English Word Limberness Definition The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
- English Word Limbless Definition Destitute of limbs.
- English Word Limbmeal Definition Piecemeal.
- English Word Limbo Definition Alt. of Limbus
- English Word Limbous Definition With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
- English Word Limbus Definition An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
- English Word Limbus Definition Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
- English Word Limbus Definition A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
- English Word Lime Definition A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
- English Word Lime Definition The linden tree. See Linden.
- English Word Lime Definition A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
- English Word Lime Definition Birdlime.
- English Word Lime Definition Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
- English Word Lime Definition To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
- English Word Lime Definition To entangle; to insnare.
- English Word Lime Definition To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.
- English Word Lime Definition To cement.
- English Word Lime twig Definition See under 4th Lime.
- English Word Lime-twigged Definition Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.
- English Word Limed Definition of Lime
- English Word Limehound Definition A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.
- English Word Limekiln Definition A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
- English Word Limenean Definition Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru.
- English Word Limenean Definition A native or inhabitant of Lima.
- English Word Limer Definition A limehound; a limmer.