Part 6542

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>The bargeman that doth row with long and <b>limber</b> oar. <i>Turbervile.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Limber</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"ber</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.</def>

<i>Richardson.</i>

<h1>Limberness</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"ber*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Limbless</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Limb"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of limbs.</def>

<h1>Limbmeal</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Limb"meal`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Limb</er>, and <er>Piecemeal</er>.]</ety> <def>Piecemeal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To tear her <i>limbmeal</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Limbo, Limbus</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw><hw>Lim"bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lim"bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>limbus</ets> border, edge <ets>in limbo</ets> on the border. Cf. <er>Limb</er> border.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Scholastic Theol.)</fld> <def>An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.</def>

<blockquote>As far from help as <b>Limbo</b> is from bliss. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>Limbo</b> large and broad, since called The Paradise of fools. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The <i>limbus patrum</i> was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The <i>limbus infantium</i> was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the <i>limbus fatuorum</i>, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; <as>as, to put a man in <ex>limbo</ex></as>.</def>

<-- hence: a state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time -->

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A border or margin; <as>as, the <ex>limbus</ex> of the cornea</as>.</def>

<-- 4. A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance under a pole which is lowered successively until only one participant can successfully pass under, without falling. [MW10 <ety> Jamaican E limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950)]. Often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. (1950-1996) -->

<h1>Limbous</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"bous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Limbus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.</def>

<h1>Lime</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lime</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Leam</er> a string.]</ety> <def>A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Lime</h1> <Xpage=854>