LIMEHOUND
LI'MEHOUND, noun A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a limer.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LIMEKILN
LIMEKILN, noun li'mekil. A kiln or furnace in which stones or shells are exposed to a strong heat and reduced to lime.
LIMESTONE
LI'MESTONE, noun Stone of which lime is made by the expulsion of its carbonic acid, or fixed air. It is called carbonate of lime. Of this there are several species.
LIMETWIG
LI'METWIG, noun A twig smeared with lime.
LIMETWIGGED
LI'METWIGGED, adjective Smeared with lime.
LIMEWATER
LI'MEWATER, noun Water impregnated with lime.
LIMING
LI'MING, participle present tense Daubing with viscous matter; entangling; manuring with lime.
LIMIT
LIM'IT, noun [Latin limes. See Limb.]1. Bound; border; utmost extent; the part that terminates a thing; as the limit of a town, city or empire; the limits of human knowledge.2. ...
LIMITABLE
LIM'ITABLE, adjective That may be limited, circumscribed, bounded or restrained.
LIMITANEOUS
LIM'ITANEOUS, adjective Pertaining to bounds.
LIMITARIAN
LIMITA'RIAN, adjective That limits or circumscribes.LIMITA'RIAN, noun One that limits; one who holds the doctrine that a part of the human race only are to be saved; opposed to ...
LIMITARY
LIM'ITARY, adjective Placed at the limit, as a guard.- Proud limitary cherub.
LIMITATION
LIMITA'TION, noun [Latin limitatio.]1. The act of bounding or circumscribing.2. Restriction; restraint; circumscription. The king consented to a limitation of his prerogatives. ...
LIMITED
LIM'ITED, participle passive1. Bounded; circumscribed; restrained.2.adjective Narrow; circumscribed. Our views of nature are very limited
LIMITEDLY
LIM'ITEDLY, adverb With limitation.
LIMITEDNESS
LIM'ITEDNESS, noun State of being limited.
LIMITER
LIM'ITER, noun1. He or that which limits or confines.2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.
LIMITLESS
LIM'ITLESS, adjective Having no limits; unbounded.
LIMMER
LIM'MER, noun1. A limehound; a mongrel.2. A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff.3. A thill or shaft. [Local. See Limber.]4. A thill-horse. [Local.]
LIMN
LIMN, verb transitive lim. [Latin lumino.] To draw or paint; or to paint in water colors.
LIMNED
LIM'NED, participle passive lim'med. Painted.
LIMNER
LIM'NER, noun [Latin illuminator, in the middle ages, alluminor.]1. One that colors or paints on paper or parchment; one who decorates books with initial pictures.2. A portrait ...
LIMNING
LIMN'ING, participle present tense Drawing; painting; painting in water colors.LIM'NING, noun The act or art of drawing or painting in water colors.
LIMOUS
LI'MOUS, adjective [Latin limosus, from limus, slime.] Muddy; slimy; thick.
LIMP
LIMP, verb intransitive To halt; to walk lamely.LIMP, noun A halt; act of limping.LIMP, adjective Vapid; weak. [Not used.]
LIMPER
LIMP'ER, noun One that limps.
LIMPET
LIM'PET, noun [Latin lepas; Gr. from to peel or strip off bark.]A univalve shell of the genus Patella, adhering to rocks.