LIMBER
\lˈɪmbə], \lˈɪmbə], \l_ˈɪ_m_b_ə]\
Definitions of LIMBER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
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cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
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attach the limber; "limber a cannon"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
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The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
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Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
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To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
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Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
By Oddity Software
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The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
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The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
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Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
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To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
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Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The fore part of a gun carriage.
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Limberness.
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To make limber or pliant; fasten a limber to (a cannon.) .
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Easily bent; pliant; limp.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The part of a gun-carriage consisting of two wheels and a shaft to which the horses are attached.
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To attach to the limbers, as a gun.
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Pliant, flexible.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Easily bent.
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Not having strength to stand stiff; supple; pliant; easily bent.
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To attach a cannon to the limbers.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Flexible, pliant.
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The part of a gun-carriage, to which the horses are attached, consisting of two wheels and a shaft.
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To attach the limber to.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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