Limb
Limb (lim) , noun
[Old English lim, Anglo-Saxon lim; akin to Icelandic limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Swedish & Danish lem limb; compare also Anglo-Saxon lie, Old High German lid, gilid, German glied, Gothic liþus. Compare 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.
3.
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. — Shakespeare
That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.
4.
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Collocations (1)
Limb of the law , a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloquial] — Landor
Limb , transitive verb
1.
To supply with limbs. [Rare] — Milton
2.
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
Limb , noun
[Latin limbus border. Compare Limbo, Limbus.]
(Botany) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(a)
(Botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(b)
(Botany) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
(c)
(Botany) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.