Numb
Numb (num) , adjective
[Old English nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, past participle of nimen to take, Anglo-Saxon niman, p. p. numen. r7. See Nimble, Nomad, and compare Benumb.]
1.
Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
A stony image, cold and numb.
2.
Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Numb (numd) , transitive verb
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand.
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.