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Limb   /lɪm/   Listen
Limb

noun
1.
One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.
2.
Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree.  Synonym: tree branch.
3.
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.
4.
Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.
5.
The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.
6.
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.  Synonyms: arm, branch.  "An arm of the sea" , "A branch of the sewer"



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"Limb" Quotes from Famous Books



... their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the bishop's bones; They gnawed the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do ...
— Rollo on the Rhine • Jacob Abbott
... no use in you hollerin "who". Yo' feet don't fit no limb. (General laughter) (Exit Lum ...
— De Turkey and De Law - A Comedy in Three Acts • Zora Neale Hurston
... the background of the primitive, many-colored landscape,—the young man might easily have attracted the attention of any one. He would have attracted attention in a crowd. Tall, with an athletic trimness of limb, a good breadth of shoulder, and a fine head poised with that natural, unconscious pride of the well-bred—he kept his feet on the unsteady platform of the car with that easy grace which marks only well-conditioned ...
— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright
... of these things, dear heart," said he. "Most men have a far greater care lest they break a limb, or lose an handful of gold, than lest they be cast into Hell. Yet see thou how Christ took the same. And He knew,—as we cannot ...
— For the Master's Sake - A Story of the Days of Queen Mary • Emily Sarah Holt
... the Consul, "As thou sayest, so let it be." And straight against that great array Forth went the dauntless Three. For Romans in Rome's quarrel Spared neither land nor gold, Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life, In the ...
— Lays of Ancient Rome • Thomas Babington Macaulay


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