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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Limb \Limb\, v. t. 1. To supply with limbs. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]

    2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Limb \Limb\ (l[i^]m), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. li[eth], OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. li[thorn]us. Cf. Lith, Limber.] 1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch. [1913 Webster]

    2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. [1913 Webster]

    A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

    4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. [1913 Webster]

    Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.] --Landor. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Limb \Limb\, n. [L. limbus border. Cf. Limbo, Limbus.] A border or edge, in certain special uses. (a) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade. (b) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. (c) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles. [1913 Webster]