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Bible Dictionaries
Limb
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
(2):
(n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
(3):
(v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
(4):
(n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(5):
(v. t.) To supply with limbs.
(6):
(n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
(7):
(n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
(8):
(n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(9):
(n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
(10):
(n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Limb'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/limb.html. 1828.
