| limbed | (adj) having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination), Ant. limbless, Example: strong-limbed |
| limber | (n) a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson |
| limber | (v) attach the limber, Syn. limber up, Example: limber a cannon |
| limber | (v) cause to become limber, Example: The violist limbered her wrists before the concert |
| limber | (adj) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable, Syn. supple, Example: a supple mind; a limber imagination |
| limber | (adj) (used of artifacts) easily bent |
| limber | (adj) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely, Syn. supple |
| limber pine | (n) western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark, Syn. Pinus flexilis |
| limbers | (n) a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well |
| limber up | (v) make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity, Syn. warm up, loosen up |
| Limbec | n. [ Abbrev. of alembic. ] An alembic; a still. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Limbec | v. t. To distill. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Limbed | a. Having limbs; -- much used in composition; Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, |
| Limber | v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Limber | n. [ For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch. ]
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| Limber | a. [ Akin to limp, a. √125. See Limp, a. ] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. Turbervile. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Limberness | n. The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |