a. [ Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo. ] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. “With one arm akimbo.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tropical American tree (Bursera simaruba) yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.
Syn. -- Bursera simaruba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ See Embody. ] To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Obs. ] See Emboil. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Embolden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. im- not + L. bonitas goodness. ] Lack of goodness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbordered p. pr. & vb. n. Imbordering. ] [ Pref. im- in + border. Cf. Emborder. ] To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbosked p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosking. ] [ CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush. ] To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be concealed. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbosomed p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosoming. ] [ Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf. Embosom. ] 1. To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. “Villages imbosomed soft in trees.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Father infinite,
By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Emboss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Emboss. ] Embossed or raised work. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inclose in limits; to shut in. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. im- in + bow. Cf. Embow. ] To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow. “Imbowed windows.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Embowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. See Embower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inclose in a box. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Akimbo. ] Crooked; arched; bent. [ Written also kimbow. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Jamaican E. limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950) MW10 ] A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance under a pole which is lowered successively until only one participant can successfully pass under, without falling. It is often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Limbus. ] (Anat.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border. ] 1. (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Limbo large and broad, since called
The Paradise of fools. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time; as, the proposal was left in limbo while opponents and proponents refused to compromise. [ PJC ]

4. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nimbosus, fr. nimbus cloud. ] Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ See Reembody. ] To imbody again. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]