Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lamer"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lame \Lame\, a. [Compar. {Lamer}; superl. {Lamest}.] [OE. lame,
AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam,
Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.]
1.
(a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury,
defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a
lame leg, arm, or muscle.
(b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect
action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. ``Lame of
one leg.'' --Arbuthnot. ``Lame in both his feet.'' --2
Sam. ix. 13. ``He fell, and became lame.'' --2 Sam.
iv. 4.

2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. ``A lame
endeavor.'' --Barrow.

O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak.

{Lame duck} (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill
his contracts. [Cant]

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