Part 6540

<h1>Limacina</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim`a*ci"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., From L. <ets>limax</ets>, <ets>limacis</ets>, a slug.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.</def>

<h1>Lima</on</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li`ma`<?/on"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lima<?/on</ets>, lit., a snail.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is <i>r = a</i> cos <i><?/</i> + <i>b</i>.</def>

<h1>Limaille</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li"maille</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>limer</ets> to file. See <er>Limation</er>.]</ety> <def>Filings of metal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "An ounce . . . of silver <i>lymaille</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Liman</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>limon</ets>, fr. L. <ets>limus</ets> slime.]</ety> <def>The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.</def>

<h1>Limation</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>limare</ets> to file, fr. <ets>lima</ets> file : cf. F. <ets>limation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of filing or polishing.</def>

<h1>Limature</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li"ma*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limatura</ets>. See <er>Limation</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of filing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is filed off; filings.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Limax</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Li"max</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See <er>Slug</er>.</def>

<h1>Limb</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Limb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lim</ets>, AS. <ets>lim</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>limr</ets> limb, <ets>lim</ets> branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. <ets>lem</ets> limb; cf. also AS. <ets>li<?/</ets>, OHG. <ets>lid</ets>, <ets>gilid</ets>, G. <ets>glied</ets>, Goth. <ets>lipus</ets>. Cf. <er>Lith</er>, <er>Limber</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.</def>

<blockquote>A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit <b>limbs</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>That little <b>limb</b> of the devil has cheated the gallows. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.</def>

<cs><col>Limb of the law</col>, <cd>a lawyer or an officer of the law. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Landor.</i>

<h1>Limb</h1> <Xpage=854>