Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 34
Limation (n.) The act of filing or polishing.
Limature (n.) The act of filing.
Limature (n.) That which is filed off; filings. -- Johnson.
Limax (n.) (Zool.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug.
Limax (n.) A genus of Limacidae [syn: Limax, genus Limax].
Limb (v. t.) 肢解；給……截肢；從（砍倒的樹上）截去樹枝 To supply with limbs. [R.] -- Milton.
Limb (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
Limb (n.) [C] 肢；臂；腳；翼；大樹枝，主枝 A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
Limb (n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. -- Shak.
Limb (n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. -- Shak.
That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. -- Sir W. Scott.
Limb (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Limb of the law, A lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.] -- Landor.
Limb (n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
Limb (n.) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
Limb (n.) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
Limb (n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
Limb (n.) One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.
Limb (n.) Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree [syn: limb, tree branch].
Limb (n.) (Astronomy) The circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.
Limb (n.) Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow".
Limb (n.) The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant".
Limb (n.) Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer" [syn: arm, branch, limb].
LIMB, (n.) The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
'Twas a pair of boots that the lady bought, And the salesman laced them tight To a very remarkable height -- Higher, indeed, than I think he ought -- Higher than _can_ be right. For the Bible declares -- but never mind: It is hardly fit To censure freely and fault to find With others for sins that I'm not inclined Myself to commit. Each has his weakness, and though my own Is freedom from every sin, It still were unfair to pitch in, Discharging the first censorious stone. Besides, the truth compels me to say, The boots in question were _made_ that way. As he drew the lace she made a grimace, And blushingly said to him: "This boot, I'm sure, is too high to endure, It hurts my -- hurts my -- limb." The salesman smiled in a manner mild, Like an artless, undesigning child; Then, checking himself, to his face he gave A look as sorrowful as the grave, Though he didn't care two figs For her paints and throes, As he stroked her toes, Remarking with speech and manner just Befitting his calling: "Madam, I trust That it doesn't hurt your twigs." B. Percival Dike
Limbat (n.) A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.
Limbate (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) 【植】具有不同色邊緣的 Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
Limbec (n.) An alembic; a still. [Obs.] -- Spenser. Shak.
Limbec (v. t.) To distill. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Limbed (a.) Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.
Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. -- Milton.
Limbed (a.) Having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination); "strong- limbed" [ant: limbless].
Limber (n.) pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.]
Limber (n.) (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
Limber (n.) pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
Limber boards (Naut.), Short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged.
Limber box or Limber chest (Mil.), A box on the limber for carrying ammunition.
Limber rope, Limber chain or Limber clearer (Naut.), A rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten.
Limber strake (Shipbuilding), The first course of inside planking next the keelson.
Limbered (imp. & p. p.) of Limber
Limbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limber
Limber (v. t.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
Limber (a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
Limber (v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. -- Richardson.
Limber (a.) (Used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber, supple].
Limber (a.) (Used of artifacts) Easily bent.
Limber (a.) (Used of persons' bodies) Capable of moving or bending freely [syn: limber, supple].
Limber (n.) A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson.
Limber (v.) Attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up].
Limber (v.) Cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert".
Limberness (n.) The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. -- Boyle.
Limbless (a.) Destitute of limbs.
Limbless (a.) Having no limbs; "a snake is a limbless reptile" [ant: limbed].
Limbmeal (adv.) Piecemeal. [Obs.] "To tear her limbmeal." -- Shak. Limbo
Limbo (n.) 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.
Limbo (n.) Alt. of Limbus
Limbus (n.) 【生】異色邊緣 (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.
As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. -- Shak.
A Limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise of fools. -- Milton.
Note: 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.
Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
Limbus (n.) 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.
Limbus (n.) (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
Limbo (n.) The state of being disregarded or forgotten [syn: oblivion, limbo].
Limbo (n.) An imaginary place for lost or neglected things.
Limbo (n.) (Theology) In Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals).
Limbous (a.) (Anat.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture. Limburger Limburg cheese.
Lime (n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. -- Halliwell.
Lime (n.) (Bot.) The linden
tree. See
Lime (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of the Citrus aurantifolia, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it.
Note: The term lime was formerly also applied to variants of the closely related citron, of which there are two varieties, Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the Sweet+lime+({Citrus+Medica">sweet lime ({Citrus Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour. See citron.
Lime (n.) The color of the lime[1], a yellowish-green.
Limed (imp. & p. p.) of Lime
Liming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lime
Lime (v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. -- L'Estrange.
Lime (v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.
We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance. -- Tennyson.
Lime (v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them; to lime the lawn to decrease acidity of the soil.
Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. -- Sir J. Child.
Lime (v. t.) To cement. "Who gave his blood to lime the stones together." -- Shak.
Lime (n.) Birdlime.
Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with. -- Wordsworth.
Lime (n.) (Chem.) Oxide of
calcium, CaO; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime,
obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide
and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming
slaked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
Note: Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble, chalk, bones, shells, etc.
Caustic lime, Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.
Lime burner, One who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime.
Lime pit, A limestone quarry.
Lime rod, Lime twig, A twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare. -- Chaucer.
Lime twig, () See under 4th Lime.
Lime (a.) Having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).
Citron (n.) (Bot) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic; it is produced by the citron tree ({Citrus medica). The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce. The fruit was once called the lime.
Citron (n.) A citron tree, Citrus medica.
Citron (n.) A citron melon.
Citron melon. (a) A small variety of muskmelon with sugary greenish flesh.
Citron melon. (b) A small variety of watermelon, whose solid white flesh is used in making sweetmeats and preserves.
Citron tree (Bot.), The tree which bears citrons. It was probably a native of northern India, and is now understood to be the typical form of Citrus Medica.
Lime (n.) A caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate].
Lime (n.) A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime].
Lime (n.) A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds [syn: birdlime, lime].
Lime (n.) Any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia].
Lime (n.) Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart- shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree].
Lime (n.) The green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees.
Lime (v.) Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: birdlime, lime].
Lime (v.) Cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn".
Lime, () The Hebrew word so rendered means "boiling" or "effervescing." From Isa. 33:12 it appears that lime was made in a kiln lighted by thorn-bushes. In Amos 2:1 it is recorded that the king of Moab "burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime." The same Hebrew word is used in Deut. 27:2-4, and is there rendered "plaster." Limestone is the chief constituent of the mountains of Syria.
Limehound (n.) A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. -- Spenser.
Limekiln (n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime. lime light.
Limekiln (n.) A kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime.
Limenean (a.) Of or pertaining to
Limenean (n.) A native or inhabitant of
Limer (n.) A limehound; a limmer. -- Chaucer.
Limestone (n.) A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
Limestone (n.) A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals.
Limestone -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 65676
Housing Units (2000): 26897
Land area (2000): 568.049396 sq. miles (1471.241120 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 39.031297 sq. miles (101.090592 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 607.080693 sq. miles (1572.331712 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 34.807445 N, 86.974946 W
Headwords:
Limestone
Limestone, AL
Limestone County
Limestone County, AL
Limestone -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 22051
Housing Units (2000): 9725
Land area (2000): 908.877553 sq. miles (2353.981956 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 24.272692 sq. miles (62.865980 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 933.150245 sq. miles (2416.847936 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.575449 N, 96.551636 W
Headwords:
Limestone
Limestone, TX
Limestone County
Limestone County, TX
Limestone, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 411
Housing Units (2000): 188
Land area (2000): 1.628996 sq. miles (4.219080 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013843 sq. miles (0.035852 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.642839 sq. miles (4.254932 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42378
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.026029 N, 78.632983 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 14753
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Limestone, NY
Limestone
Limestone, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 745
Housing Units (2000): 258
Land area (2000): 3.154987 sq. miles (8.171378 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.154987 sq. miles (8.171378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43057
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.311296 N, 95.755040 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Limestone, OK
Limestone
Limestone, ME -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maine
Population (2000): 1453
Housing Units (2000): 495
Land area (2000): 2.608670 sq. miles (6.756425 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.608670 sq. miles (6.756425 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39265
Located within: Maine (ME), FIPS 23
Location: 46.912580 N, 67.826376 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 04750
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Limestone, ME
Limestone
Lime twig () See under 4th Lime.
Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. -- L. Addison.
Limewater (n.) Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.
Limicolae (n. pl.) (Zool.) 水棲亞目 A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae.
Limicolae (n.) Term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii [syn: Limicolae, suborder Limicolae].
Compare: Terricolae
Terricolae (n. pl.) (Zool.) 陸棲亞目 A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.
Limicoline (a.) (Zool.) 【動】棲息岸邊的；涉禽類的 Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolae.
Liminess (n.) The state or quality of being limy.
Compare: Limy
Limy (a.) 石灰質的；塗黏鳥膠的；黏的 Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous. "Limy snares." -- Spenser.
Limy (a.) Containing lime; as, a limy soil.
Limy (a.) Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.
Limit (n.) 界線；界限； 限度；限制；極限；範圍，境界 [P] That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. -- Pope.
Limit (n.) The space or thing defined by limits.
The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits very equally. -- Shak.
Limit (n.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
The dateless limit of thy dear exile. -- Shak.
The limit of your lives is out. -- Shak.
Limit (n.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. -- Shak.
Limit (n.) (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
Limit (n.) (Math.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
Elastic limit. See under Elastic.
Prison limits, A definite, extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come.
Syn: Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine.
Limited (imp. & p. p.) of Limit
Limiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limit
Limit (v. t.) 限制；限定 [（+to）] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
Limiting parallels (Astron.), Those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.
Limit (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.[Obs.]
Limit (n.) The greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary].
Limit (n.) Final or latest limiting point [syn: terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit].
Limit (n.) As far as something can go.
Limit (n.) The boundary of a specific area [syn: limit, demarcation, demarcation line].
Limit (n.) The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity [syn: limit, limit point, point of accumulation].
Limit (n.) The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" [syn: limit, limitation].
Limit (v.) Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle].
Limit (v.) Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" [syn: limit, circumscribe, confine].
Limit (v.) Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit].
Limitable (a.) 可限制的 Capable of being limited.
Limitaneous (v. t.) Of or pertaining to a limit. [Obs.]
Limitarian (a.) Tending to limit.
Limitary (a.) 有界限的；圍繞的；有限制的 Placed at the limit, as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." -- Milton.
Limitary (a.) Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. etc. "The limitary ocean." -- Trench.
The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. -- De Quincey.
Limitary (a.) Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.
Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power. -- Milman.
-ries (n. pl. ) of Limitary
Limitary (n.) That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Limitary (n.) A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
Limitate (a.) Bounded by a distinct line.
Limitation (n.) 限制，限制因素；局限 [U] [C]；極限，限度 [P]；【律】追訴時效 The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.
They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe. -- J. S. Mill.
Limitation (n.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable. -- Hooker.
Limitation (n.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district. -- Chaucer. Latimer.
Limitation (n.) A limited time within or during which something is to be done.
You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes Endue you with the people's voice. -- Shak.
Limitation (n.) (Law) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
Limitation (n.) (Law) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
Limitation (n.) (Law) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation. -- Wharton. Bouvier.
{To know one's own limitations}, To know the reach and limits of one's abilities. -- A. R. Wallace.
Limitation (n.) A principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" [syn: restriction, limitation].
Limitation (n.) The quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations".
Limitation (n.) The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" [syn: limit, limitation].
Limitation (n.) (Law) A time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations".
Limitation (n.) An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) [syn: limitation, restriction].
LIMITATION, () estates. When an estate is so expressly confined and limited by the words of its creation, that it cannot endure for a longer time than till the contingency shall happen, upon which the estate is to fail, this is denominated a limitation; as, when land is granted to a man while he continues unmarried, or until the rents and profits shall have made a certain sum, and the like; in these cases the estate is limited, that is, it does not go beyond the happening of the contingency. 2 Bl. Com. 155; 10 Co. 41; Bac. Ab. Conditions, H; Co. Litt. 236 b; 4 Kent. Com. 121; Tho. Co. Litt. Index, h.t.; 10 Vin. Ab. 218; 1 Vern. 483, n. 4; Ves. Jr. 718.
LIMITATION, () There is a difference between a limitation and a condition. When a thing is given until an event shall arrive, this is called a limitation; but when it is given generally, and the gift is to be defeated upon the happening of an uncertain event, then the gift is conditional. For example, when a man gives a legacy to his wife, while, or as long as, she shall remain his widow, or until she shall marry, the estate is given to her only for the time of her widowhood and, on her marriage, her right to it determines. Bac. Ab. Conditions, H. But if, instead of giving the legacy to the wife, as above mentioned, the gift had been to her generally with a proviso, or on condition that she should not marry, or that if she married she should forfeit her legacy, this would be a condition, and such condition eing in restraint of marriage, would be void.
Ld (n.) The abbreviation for limited, term appended to the name of a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability; also abbreviated Ltd. It corresponds to Inc. in the United States. [Chiefly British] [abbr.]
Syn: limited company, Ltd.
Limit (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Limited; p. pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; To terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
Limiting parallels (Astron.), Those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.
Limited (a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] -- Mozley & W.
Limited (a.) Small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" [ant: limitless, unlimited].
Limited (a.) Subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: circumscribed, limited].
Limited (a.) Including only a
part.
Limited (a.) Mediocre [syn: limited, modified].
Limited (a.) Not excessive.
Limited (a.) Having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission" [syn: limited, special].
Limited (a.) Not unlimited; "a limited list of choices".
Limited (n.) Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York" [syn: express, limited] [ant: local].
Limitedly (adv.) With limitation.
Limitedly (adv.) In a limited manner.
Limitedness (n.) The quality of being limited.
Limiter (n.) 限制者 One who, or that which, limits.
Limiter (n.) A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour.] -- Chaucer.
A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times. -- Latimer.
Limiter (n.) (Electronics) A nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" [syn: limiter, clipper].
Limitive (a.) Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers. [R.]
Limitless (a.) Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. -- Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
Limitless (a.) Without limits in extent or size or quantity; "limitless vastness of our solar system" [syn: illimitable, limitless, measureless].
Limitless (a.) Having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space" [syn: unlimited, limitless] [ant: limited].
Limitless (a.) Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money" [syn: boundless, unbounded, limitless].
Limitour (n.) See Limiter, 2.
Limiter (n.) One who, or that which, limits.
Limiter (n.) A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour.] -- Chaucer.
A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times. -- Latimer.
Limmer (a.) Limber. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Limmer (n.) A limehound; a leamer.
Limmer (n.) (Zool.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
Limmer (n.) A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [Scot.]
Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands. -- Sir W. Scott.
Limmer (n.) (Naut.) A man rope at the side of a ladder.
Limned (imp. & p. p.) of Limn
Limning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limn