Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Limitary"

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

Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\ (l[i^]m"[i^]*t[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L.
limitaris. See {Limit}, v. t.]
1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. ``Proud limitary
cherub.'' --Milton.

2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority,
power, etc. ``The limitary ocean.'' --Trench.

The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of
the world. --De Quincey.

3. Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.

Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal
power. --Milman.

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

Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[i^]z).
1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
[Obs.] --Fuller.

2. A limiter. See {Limiter}, 2.


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