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n where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment. As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. Shak. A Limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise of fools. Milton.

With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.

. See under 4th Lime.

Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. L. Addison.

A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. Spenser.

A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.

That part of the stage upon which the limelight as cast, usually where the most important action is progressing or where the leading player or players are placed and upon which the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated. Hence, consspicuous position before the public; as, politicians who are never happy…

Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. -- n.

A limehound; a limmer. Chaucer.

A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --

A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.

Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallæ.

Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolæ.

The state or quality of being limy.

umscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. Pope.

Capable of being limited.

Of or pertaining to a limit. [Obs.]