limb
Cross references:
1. shoot
1. limb \'lim\ \'limd\ \'lim-e-\ n [ME lim, fr. OE; akin to ON limr limb, L
limes limit, lime]n threshold, Gk leimo-n meadow 1: one of the projecting
paired appendages (as wings) of an animal body use d esp. for movement and
grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs; esp : a leg
or arm of a human being 2: a large primary branch of a tree 3: an active
member or agent 4: EXTENSION, BRANCH 5: a mischievous child - limbed aj
2. limb vt : DISMEMBER; esp : to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)
3. limb n [L limbus border - more at LIMP] 1: the graduated margin of an
arc or circle in an instrument for measuring angles 2: the outer edge of
the apparent disk of a celestial body 3: the expanded portion of an organ
or structure; esp : the spreadi ng upper portion of a gamosepalous calyx or
a gamopetalous corolla as distinguished from the lower tubular portion