Lime-twigged Lime"-twigged` (-twĭgd`)
adjective Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. Latin Addison.
Limehound Lime"hound` (līm"hound`)
noun [
Lime a leash +
hound .]
A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. Spenser.
Limekiln Lime"kiln` (līm"kĭln`)
noun A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
Limelight Lime"light` noun (Theat.) That part of the stage upon which the limelight as cast, usually where the most important action is progressing or where the leading player or players are placed and upon which the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated. Hence, consspicuous position before the public; as, politicians who are never happy except in the limelight .
Limenean Li·men"e·an (le*mĕn"e*
a n)
adjective Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. --
noun A native or inhabitant of Lima.
Limer Lim"er (līm"ẽr)
noun A limehound; a limmer. Chaucer.
Limerick Lim"er·ick noun [ Said to be from a song with the same verse construction, current in Ireland, the refrain of which contains the place name
Limerick .]
A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as -- There was a young lady, Amanda,
Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de
Siècle , I deem
But her Journal Intime
Was what sent her papa to Uganda.
Limestone Lime"stone` (līm"stōn`)
noun A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone . Crystalline limestone is called marble .
Limewater Lime"wa`ter (-wa`tẽr)
noun Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.
Limicoline Li·mic"o·line (-lĭn)
adjective (Zoology) Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolæ.
Limicolæ Li·mic"o·læ (li*mĭk"o*lē)
noun plural [ Latin
limicola a dweller in the mud;
limus mud +
colere to dwell.]
(Zoology) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grallæ.
Liminess Lim"i·ness (līm"ĭ*nĕs)
noun The state or quality of being limy.
Limit Lim"it (lĭm"ĭt)
noun [ From Latin
limes ,
limitis : confer French
limite ; or from English
limit , v. See
Limit ,
transitive verb ]
1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. As eager of the chase, the maid
Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.
Pope. 2. The space or thing defined by limits. The archdeacon hath divided it
Into three limits very equally.
Shak. 3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
Shak. The limit of your lives is out.
Shak. 4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.
Shak. 5. (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia. 6. (Math.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent. Elastic limit .
See under Elastic . --
Prison limits ,
a definite extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come. Syn. -- Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine.
Limit Lim"it (lĭm"ĭt)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Limited ;
present participle & verbal noun Limiting .] [ French
limiter , Latin
limitare , from
limes ,
limitis , limit; probably akin to
limen threshold, English
eliminate ; confer Latin
limus sidelong.]
To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. Limiting parallels (Astron.) ,
those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.
Limit Lim"it intransitive verb To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. [ Obsolete]
Limitable Lim"it·a·ble (-ȧ*b'l)
adjective Capable of being limited.
Limitaneous Lim`i·ta"ne·ous (lĭm`ĭ*tā"ne*ŭs)
adjective [ Latin
limitaneus . See
Limit ,
transitive verb ]
Of or pertaining to a limit. [ Obsolete]
Limitarian Lim`i·ta"ri·an (-rĭ*
a n)
adjective Tending to limit.
Limitary Lim"i·ta·ry (lĭm"ĭ*ta*rȳ)
adjective [ Latin
limitaris . See
Limit ,
transitive verb ]
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.
Limitary Lim"i·ta·ry noun ;
plural - ries (-rĭz).
1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [ Obsolete]
Fuller. 2. A limiter. See Limiter , 2.
Limitate Lim"i·tate (-ĭ*tat)
adjective [ Latin
limitatus , past participle of
limitare to limit. See
Limit ,
transitive verb ]
Bounded by a distinct line.
Limitation Lim`i·ta"tion (-tā"shŭn)
noun [ Latin
limitatio : confer French
limitation . See
Limit ,
transitive verb ]
1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe.
J. S. Mill. 2. That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought. The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable.
Hooker. 3. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district. Chaucer. Latimer. 4. A limited time within or during which something is to be done. You have stood your limitation , and the tribunes
Endue you with the people's voice.
Shak. 5. (Law) (a) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit. (b) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules. (c) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation . Wharton. Bouvier. To know one's own limitations ,
to know the reach and limits of one's abilities. A. R. Wallace.
Limited Lim"it·ed (lĭm"ĭt*ĕd)
adjective Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited . Limited company ,
a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [ Eng.]
Mozley & W.
Limitedly Lim"it·ed·ly adverb With limitation.
Limitedness Lim"it·ed·ness noun The quality of being limited.
Limiter Lim"it·er (-ẽr)
noun 1. One who, or that which, limits. 2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [ Formerly written also
limitour .]
Chaucer. A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times.
Latimer.
Limitive Lim"it·ive (-ĭv)
adjective Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers. [ R.]
Limitless Lim"it·less adjective Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
Limitour Lim"it·our (-ōr)
noun See Limiter , 2.
Limmer Lim"mer (-mẽr)
adjective Limber. [ Obsolete]
Holland.
Limmer Lim"mer noun [ French
limier . See
Leamer .]
1. A limehound; a leamer. 2. (Zoology) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound. 3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [ Scot.]
Thieves, limmers , and broken men of the Highlands.
Sir W. Scott. 4. (Nautical) A man rope at the side of a ladder.
Limn Limn (lĭm)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Limned (lĭmd);
present participle & verbal noun Limning (lĭm"nĭng or lĭm"ĭng).] [ Middle English
limnen , from
luminen , for
enluminen , French
enluminer to illuminate, to limn, Late Latin
illuminare to paint. √122. See
Illuminate ,
Luminous .]
1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different.
Sir T. Browne. 2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
Limner Lim"ner (lĭm"nẽr)
noun [ French
enlumineur , Late Latin
illuminator . See
Limn , and confer
Alluminor .]
A painter; an artist ; esp.:
(a) One who paints portraits. (b) One who illuminates books. [ Archaic]
Limniad Lim"ni·ad (-nĭ*ăd)
noun [ Greek
li`mh a pool.]
(Myth.) See Limoniad .
Limning Lim"ning (lĭm"nĭng or lĭm"ĭng)
noun The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced. Adorned with illumination which we now call limning .
Wood.
Limoges Li·moges" (le*mōzh")
noun A city of Southern France. Limoges enamel ,
a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. - -
Limoges ware .
(a) Articles decorated with Limoges enamel .
(b) Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.
Limoniad Li·mo"ni·ad (li*mō"nĭ*ăd)
noun [ Latin
limoniades , plural, Greek
leimwnia`des , from
leimw`n meadow.]
(Class. Myth.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad .
Limonin Li·mo"nin (li*mō"nĭn)
noun [ From New Latin Citrus Medica, var.
Limonum , the scientific name of the lemon.]
(Chemistry) A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.
Limonite Li"mon·ite (lī"mŏn*īt)
noun [ Greek
leimw`n any moist grassy place, a meadow : confer French
limonite , German
limonit .]
(Min.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite .
Limosis Li·mo"sis (li*mō"sĭs)
noun [ New Latin , from Greek
limo`s hunger.]
(Medicine) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Limous Li"mous (lī"mŭs)
adjective [ Latin
limosus , from
limus slime, mud.]
Muddy; slimy; thick. Sir T. Browne.
Limousine Li`mou·sine" noun [ Confer French
limousine a kind of cloak, from
Limousin , an old province in central France.]
An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupé, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front; also, an automobile with such a body.
Limp Limp (lĭmp)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Limped (lĭmt; 215);
present participle & verbal noun Limping .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
lemp healt lame, Old High German
limphen to limp, be weak; perhaps akin to English
lame , or to
limp , a √120.]
To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. Shak.
Limp Limp noun A halt; the act of limping.
Limp Limp noun (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Limp Limp adjective [ Confer Icelandic
limpa limpness, weakness, and English
lap ,
noun ,
lop ,
transitive verb Confer
Limber ,
adjective ]
1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. Walton. 2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
Limper Limp"er (-ẽr)
noun One who limps.
Limpet Lim"pet (lĭm"pĕt)
noun [ Prob. through French from Latin
lepas ,
-adis , Greek
lepa`s ,
-a`dos .]
(Zoology) 1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell. 2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides. » The common European limpets of the genus
Patella (esp.
P. vulgata ) are extensively used as food. The common New England species is
Acmæa testudinalis . Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size.
3. Any species of Siphonaria , a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks. 4. A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella .
Limpid Lim"pid (-pĭd)
adjective [ Latin
limpidus ; akin to Greek
la`mpein to shine: confer French
limpide . Confer
Lamp .]
Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid .
Woodward. Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.
Limpidity Lim·pid"i·ty (lĭm*pĭd"ĭ*tȳ)
noun [ Latin
limpiditas : confer French
limpidité .]
The quality or state of being limpid.
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