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either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary. By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part. Blackstone.

In a maimed manner.

State of being maimed. Bolton.

remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.

a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort. By his blindness maimed for high attempts. Milton. Attempt to commit a crime (Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect. Wharton.…

ng at the same time; contemporary. The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman - Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

t From Heaven's high jurisdiction. Milton. You wrought to be a legate; by which power You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops. Shak.

the plural. Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed. De Quincey.

See Maim, and Mayhem.

The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.

To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc.

To cut off; to lop; to maim.

Cut off; cut short; maimed.

To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] "Out of the trunked stock." Spenser.