Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Limaçon

‖Li′ma′çon″ (lē̍′mȧ′sôN″), n. [F. limaçon, lit., a snail.] (Geom.) A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos θ + b.

2081

Limaille

Li″maille (lī″māl; F. lē̍′mä″y'), n. [F., fr. limer to file. See Limation.] Filings of metal. “An ounce... of silver lymaille.” Chaucer.

2082

Liman

Li″man (lī″man), n. [F. limon, fr. L. limus slime.] The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.

2083

Limation

Li‐ma″tion (lī̍‐mā″shŭn), n. [L. limatus, p. p. of limare to file, fr. lima file: cf. F. limation.] The act of filing or polishing.

2084

Limature

Li″ma‐ture (lī″mȧ‐tū̍r; 135), n. [L. limatura. See Limation.] 1. The act of filing.2. That which is filed off; filings. Johnson.

2085

Limax

‖Li″max (lī″măks), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of...

2086

Limb

Limb (lĭm), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. lið, OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. liþus. Cf. Lith, Limber....

2087

Limb (2)

Limb, v. t. 1. To supply with limbs. Milton.2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

2088

Limb (3)

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...

2089

Limbat

Lim″bat (lĭm″băt), n. A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.

2090

Limbate

Lim″bate (lĭm″bā̍t), a. [L. limbatus, fr. limbus border, edge. See Limbus.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.

2091

Limbec

Lim″bec (–bĕk), n. [Abbrev. of alembic.] An alembic; a still. Spenser. Shak.

2092

Limbec (2)

Lim″bec, v. t. To distill. Dryden.

2093

Limbed

Limbed (lĭmd), a. Having limbs; — much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms,Limbed and full grown. Milton.

2094

Limber

Lim″ber (lĭm″bẽr), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.2. (Mil.) Th...

2095

Limber (2)

Lim″ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Limbered (–bẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Limbering.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.To limber up, to change a gun carriage into a four-w...

2096

Limber (3)

Lim″ber, a. [Akin to limp, a. √125. See Limp, a.] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton.The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. Turbervile.

2097

Limber (4)

Lim″ber, v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson.

2098

Limberness

Lim″ber‐ness, n. The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle.

2099

Limbless

Limb″less (lĭm″lĕs), a. Destitute of limbs.

2100

Limbmeal

Limb″meal′ (–mēl′), adv. [See Limb, and Piecemeal.] Piecemeal. “To tear her limbmeal.” Shak.

2101

Limbo

{ Lim″bo (lĭm″bō̍), Lim″bus (–bŭs), } n. [L. limbus border, edge, in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border.] 1. (Scholastic Theol.) An extramundane region where certain classes o...

2102

Limbous

Lim″bous (lĭm″bŭs), a. [See Limbus.] (Anat.) With slightly overlapping borders; — said of a suture.

2103

Limburg cheese

{Lim″burg cheese, Lim″burg‐er, n., Lim″burg‐er cheese} (?). A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has develope...

2104

Lime

Lime (līm), n. [See Leam a string.] A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell.

2105

Lime (2)

Lime, n. [Formerly line, for earlier lind. See Linden.] (Bot.) The linden tree. See Linden.

2106

Lime (3)

Lime, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See Lemon.] (Bot.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. a...