limb (1) ( b silent), lim, lyme, lym me

[A. S. lim; cogn. with Icel.limo; Dan. & Sw.lem. The b is excrescent. The original meaning was probably a twig, a branch broken off, a fragment, from A. S. lemian, lemman to break; cf. Icel. lemja =to break; lim =foliage of a tree; limi -a rod; Dan. lime a twig.] IMG:content-0574.png:[blocks in formation] "For Antony is but a limb of Cæsar." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. marine; gō, pět, pine, pit, sire, sir, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia *(2) An active member. "These are the limbs of the plot." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., L. 1. 2529 limber-board, s. Ship build .: A plank reaching from the keelson to the limber-strake, and merely butting against the [IMP.] IMG:content-0576.png:[blocks in formation] II. Botany : 1. ( Of a petal): The expanded part of a petal which is a modification of the blade of a leaf. 2. ( Of a gamosepalous corolla ): The expanded portion, as distinguished from the throat and the tube. It may be plane or concave, with a great or le number of segments. *limb ( b silent), v . t . [LIMB (1), s .] 1. To supply or furnish with limbs. "They limb themselves, and color, shape or size A ume as likes them best." Milton: P. L. , vi. 352. 2. To tear limb from limb; to dismember. lim'-bach-ite, s. [Named after the place where found, Limbach; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A grayish-to greenish-white ma ive min eral with greasy luster. Specific gravity, 2.395. Composition: A hydrated silicate of alumina and magnesia, represented by the formula 3MgO2SiO2+ Al2O3SiO2+2HO. Found at Limbach, Saxony, occupying cavities in serpentine.