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Limb

noun

One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.

Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. Synonym: tree branch.

(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.

Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.

The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.

Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. Synonyms: arm, branch. "An arm of the sea" , "A branch of the sewer"

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... fascinated by the dreams of mediaeval mysticism, and unable for the moment to invest ideals of the fancy with reality, they meanwhile made the great discovery that the body of a man is a miracle of beauty, each limb a divine wonder, each muscle a joy as great as sight of stars or flowers. Much that is repulsive in the pictures of the Pollajuoli and Andrea del Castagno, the leaders in this branch of realism, is due to admiration ...

— Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 - The Fine Arts • John Addington Symonds

... thrust his hand in his doublet, and drew out a very small phial. He hastily poured nearly the whole contents into Julio's glass, and immediately concealed the phial; and although he trembled in every limb, he said, calmly: ...

— The Amulet • Hendrik Conscience

... side, overcome by the heat and gases, but a terrible struggle seems to have preceded her last agony. One arm is raised in despair; the hands are clenched convulsively; her garments are gathered up on one side, leaving exposed a limb of beautiful shape. So perfect a mould of it has been formed by the soft and yielding mud, that the cast would seem to be taken from an exquisite work of Greek art. She had fled with her little treasure, which lay scattered around her—two silver cups, a few jewels, ...

— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy

... system included, he liked them the least; and Barere was the worst of them. This wretch had been branded with infamy, first by the Convention, and then by the Council of Five Hundred. The inhabitants of four or five great cities had attempted to tear him limb from limb. Nor were his vices redeemed by eminent talents for administration or legislation. It would be unwise to place in any honourable or important post a man so wicked, so odious, and so little qualified to ...

— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) - Contributions To The Edinburgh Review • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... answer, "I had a headache the day before yesterday." Many of the remedies used by the people of the country are ludicrously strange, but too disgusting to be mentioned. One of the least nasty is to kill and cut open two puppies and bind them on each side of a broken limb. Little hairless dogs are in great request to sleep at ...

— The Voyage of the Beagle • Charles Darwin

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