Limb \Limb\, v. t.

1. To supply with limbs. [R.]

--Milton.

2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)