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f an animal. A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. Shak.

A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.

Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.

An alembic; a still. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed. Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. Milton.

s or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. Limber boards (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. -- Limber box or chest (Mil.), a box on the limber for c…

The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle.

Destitute of limbs.

Piecemeal. [Obs.] "To tear her limbmeal." Shak.

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.

hen preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. [Written also blimbi and blimbing.]

See Bilimbi, etc.

With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens.

To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.

Capable of being climbed.

One who, or that which, climbs:

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern. -- Climbing perch. (Zoöl.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] Bailey.