Hypertext Webster Gateway: "limb"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Limb \Limb\, v. t.
1. To supply with limbs. [R.] --Milton.
2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Limb \Limb\, n. [L. limbus border. Cf. {Limbo}, {Limbus}.]
A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(a) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a
monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(b) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly
body, especially of the sun and moon.
(c) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an
instrument for measuring angles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Limb \Limb\ (l[i^]m), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr
limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS.
li[eth], OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. li[thorn]us. Cf.
{Lith}, {Limber}.]
1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and
separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of
an animal.
A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large
proportion of his strong-knit limbs. --Shak.
3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or
attachment to, something else. --Shak.
That little limb of the devil has cheated the
gallows. --Sir W.
Scott.
4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
{Limb of the law}, a lawyer or an officer of the law.
[Colloq.] --Landor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
limb
n 1: one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for
locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
2: any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough
of a tree [syn: {tree branch}]
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