"lim" meaning in English

See lim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: lims [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lim (plural lims)
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of limb Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: limb Related terms: lim sup
    Sense id: en-lim-en-noun-oDimmWil Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 21 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1679, Thomas May (translator), Lucans Pharsalia: or, the Civil Wars of Rome, book 4, page 115",
          "text": "[…] ſhe ſees his lims with ſweating ſpent, / And his neck dry’d, as when he did ſuſtaine / The heavens: […]",
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        "(obsolete) Alternative form of limb"
      ],
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        {
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