Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Limping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Limp \Limp\ (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[i^]mt;
215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame,
OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to
limp, a [root]120.]
To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
limping
n : disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
[syn: {lameness}, {gimp}, {gimpiness}, {gameness}, {claudication}]
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