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   Limb (lĭm), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. lið, OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. liþus.  Cf. Lith, Limber.]
   1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
   
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   2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
   
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   A second Hector for his grim aspect,
   
   And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. Shak.
   
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   3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.  Shak.
   
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   That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
   
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   Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.]  Landor.
   
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   Limb, v. t.
   1. To supply with limbs. [R.]  Milton.
   
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   2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
   
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   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.
   
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