Maim
Maim (mām) , transitive verb
[Old English maimen, Old French mahaignier, mehaignier, meshaignier, compare Italian magagnare, Late Latin mahemiare, mahennare; perh. of Celtic origin; compare Armor. mac'haña to mutilate, māc'ha to crowd, press; or compare Old High German mangōn to lack, perh. akin to English mangle to lacerate. Compare Mayhem.]
1.
To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person in fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part.
2.
To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
My late maimed limbs lack wonted might.
You maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops.
Maim , noun
[Old French mehaing. See Maim, v.]
1.
The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
2.
The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.
Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish.
A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of Parliament should not be recited.