limbn.[OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. li, OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. lius. Cf. Lith, Limber.]1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.()2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.()A second Hector for his grim aspect,
And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. (Shak.)3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.(Shak.)That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. (Sir W. Scott.)4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.()Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.] Landor.()v. t.1. To supply with limbs.(Milton.)2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.()n.[L. limbus border. Cf. Limbo, Limbus.] (Bot.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.()