limp 
Muck the lined crutch from tli) <iM liin^inii sire. 
Shalt., T. of A., Iv. 1. 14. 
The commentator will lend n crutch to the weak |>"' -I. 
to help him to limp a little further than In: could on Ills 
,, I, el fope. To Warlmrton, Sept. -Jii, 17 II. 
1 he unfortunate divine, whom we left limpinn with a 
sprained ankle Into the breakfast-room of the inn. 
1'OKitck, Headlong Hall, Ii. 
limp'-' (limp), n. [<liiup~.r.] A halting Mep; 
the act of limping. 
limp :i t (limp), r. [MK. liiiipi-ii (pret. town, also 
weak limpedi; pp. luiupcn),< AS. MmjXM (pret. 
lamp, lump, pp. "lumpen: also in comp. i/iluii- 
pan,beUmpan),tumven, befall, pertain, = OHG. 
liiiiiiliini, I nn, ifn n, MHO. limfi'ii, become, suit.] 
I. intmim. To happen; befall; chance. 
"Al lonll " iiimth loseph, "how may this limpet" 
Joseph o} Arimathie (E. E. T. 8.), L S. 
H. trans. To come upon ; meet. 
The fyf te was .losue, that Joly mane of armes, 
That In Jerusalem ofte fulle mychejoye lymppede. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.X 1. 8416. 
3461 
limp 4 (limp), n. [Prob. < Umn\ o.l A scraper 
of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head 
of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off 
the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging. 
limpardt, [< *P 2 + -!.] A cripple. 
What could that gouty Kmpard have done with so fine 
a dog? Uryuhart, tr. of Rabelais, L 39. (Dames.) 
limper (lim'per), . One who limps; a lame 
person. 
limpet (lim'pet), n. [< ME. lempet, a limpet, 
appar. orig. a lamprey, < AS. lempedu, another 
form of lumprede, a lamprey : see lamprey. It 
can hardly be connected with LL. bpat (lepad-), 
< Gr. tenic (te*a&-), a limpet: see Lepan. Cf. 
Itmmn.] 1. A marine docoglossate gastropod 
with an open conical shell imperforate at the 
apex. The species mostly belong to the families Pattl- 
KSwand Aemttula; the best-known is I'atella mlmta, the 
common limpet of northern Europe. This inhabits rocky 
coasts, and selects a site on Intertidal rocks, which It uses 
as a resting-place and wears down Into a cavity, makin 
short excursions In search of food, which consists chiefly 
of algaj Limpets are noted for sticking closely to rocks 
by means of their adhesive foot, which acts as a sucker, 
bringing considerable atmospheric pressure to bear upon 
their shells, which latter, moreover, tit tightly in conse- 
quence of the evenly rounded aperture. Large numbers 
inv ,-,,ll,vt.',l (,.r llsll kill, Illhl Ill-l arc also ".! a '"'"' 5 
the poor. See bonnet-limpet, keyhole-limpet, dipper-hmpet. 
He stuck like a limpet to a rock. 
ScoU, St. Ronan s Well, xL 
And on thy ribs the limpet sticks, 
And in thy heart the scrawl shall play. 
Tennyton, The Sailor Boy. 
2. Some mollusk resembling the foregoing, at 
least in shape of the shell Cup-and-saucer llm- 
Dt See cup-anrf-MKcer. Duck'fl-blU limpet, a limpet 
of the family FumreUUte and genus Parmnphtmin, having 
an imperforate shell covered by the mantle. False llm- 
net one of the AcmaMan. - Foolscap-limpet, a shell of 
the "genus POeoptit (which see). Fresh- water limpet, 
a species of Ancylus. 
limpid (lim'pid), a. [< F. limpide = Sp. limptdo 
= Pg. It. limpido, < L. limpidus, clear, bright ; 
of. Gr. Mfiiretv, shine, Aa/rrrp6(, bright : see lamp. 
Cf. also lymph.] Characterized by clearness 
or transparency; translucent; crystal-clear; 
lucid: as, a limpid stream; a limpid style. 
Filter this solution through cap-paper, to have it clear 
and limpid. >- Worl ". * 7m - 
And witness be what splendid Princes are 
The stars which move about this limpid sphere. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. SOI. 
limply (limp'H). adv. In a limp manner, 
limpness (limp'nes), w. The quality of being 
limp or flaccid; weak pliancy. 
There are several replicas of rough sketches, which were 
probably made by Webb, as they show a Kmpnemat method 
quite unlike the slashing draughtmanship of Inlgo. 
Portfolio, No. 234, p. 118. 
The moral laxity and Umpnca which may bo remarked 
In the lower classes In Russia. 
D. H. Wallace, Russia, p. 646. 
limpsy (limp'si), a. [< limp 1 + ~y, equiv. to 
-yi.] Limp; flaccid. [Colloq., New Eng.] 
Somethin' or other 's ben a usin' on her up, for she ws 
all wore out, and looked sort o' limpty, as H there wa n t 
no starch left In her. B. B. Sfcuw, Oldtown, p. 684. 
Limulidae (li-mu'li-de), n. pi. [NL., < Limulus + 
-idie.] The limulus family; a family of gigan- 
tostracous or paleocaridan crustaceans of the 
order l'cecilopoda,AIeroittomftta, orXiphosura (or 
Xiphura), exemplified by the genus Limulus. 
limulite (lim'u-Ut), . [< Limulus + -ite*.] A 
fossil limulid or some similar organism, 
limuloid (lim'u-loid), a. and n. [< Limulus 4 
-vid.] I. a. Pertaining to or having the char- 
acters of Limulus; related to or resembling a 
limulus ; poecilopodous ; inerostomatous ; xiphn- 
rous. 
In the Coal-measures no fewer than three genera and 
eight species of small Umulmd Crustaceans have been 
met with. Kneyc. Brit., VI. 684. 
H. n. A limuloid crustacean ; a poecilopod, 
merostome, or 3d- n 
phure. rf 
Limulus (lim'u-lus), 
n. [NL.,<L. li'mulus, 
somewhat askance, 
dim. of limits, as- 
kance.] 1. The rep- 
resentative genus 
of Limulida?. L. poly- 
phemut is the common 
horseshoe- or king-crab 
of the Atlantic coast of 
North America; L. mo- 
luccanu* is found on the 
Pacific coast of Asia. 
Limuliu is the only liv- 
ing form of the order to 
which it belongs. 
2. [/. e.] Any crus- 
tacean of the genus 
Limulus. 
limy (li'mi), a. [< 
;'1 + -yl.] 1. 
Smeared with lime ; 
viscous; glutinous. 
Striving more, the more in laces strong 
Himselfe he tide, and wrapt his wingcs twaine 
In lymie snares the subtill loupes among. 
Spatter, Muiopotmos, L 429. 
2. Containing lime: as, a limy soil. 3. Re- 
sembling lime ; having the qualities of lime. 
Un.lt (lin)> [Sc. also lecn ; < ME. linnen, < Afe. 
liiniiiii (pret. lann, pp. lunnen) (= Icel. linna), 
also in comp. belinnan, blinnan (> ME. Minnen, 
E. blia, q. v.), cease.] I. intrans. To cease; 
stop; rest. 
Set a beggar on horseback, hell never Kn till he be 
a-gallop. B. Jomon, Staple of News, Iv. 1. 
So they shall never Kn, 
But where one ends another still begin. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, IL 1. 
II. trans. To cease from. 
linchet 
3. The face of it precipice; a shrubby ravine. 
He tixik her In his armls twa, 
And threw her o'er the (inn. 
young Benjie (t'hlld's Ballads, II. 801V 
Duncan ilgh'd liaith out an' In, ... 
8pk' o' lowpln' owre a linn. 
Burnt, Duncan dray. 
[Now rare or local in all uses.] 
lint n. A Middle English form of line 1 . 
Lina (li'nft), n. [NL. (Megerle, 1823), < Gr. fcVov, 
ttax: seelinel.] A genus of leaf -beetles or chrv- 
soraelids, with short antennse, tibias externally 
grooved, and pronotum laterally projected. It is 
represented In all parts of the world ; about 80 specta in 
known, nf which 8 Inhabit the I nltcd States, as L. Kripta, 
the cottonwood leaf-beetle, which often does ret dam- 
age by defoliating the grove* of Populia moaOiftm In the 
Western States, and also feed* In the Unral state on wU- 
, species of 
King-crab (ventral view). 
ft cephalic shield, covcrinc. interior 
division of the body ; *. posterior di- 
vision of the body ; r. base of tclson ; 
d. suhfnmtal area : e, antennulcs of 
antenna; : /, one of the series of ambu- 
latory legs; f, operculum; ft, bran- 
chifcrous appendages. 
A beautiful limpid lake, which is fed by a rivulet flow- 
ing down from unseen sources in the rock. 
D. O. Mitchell, Bound Together. 
Tarn those limpid eyes on mine, 
And let me read there, love, thy Inmost soul I 
If. Arnold, The Buried Life. 
limpidity (lim-pid'i-ti), ii. [< P. limpidM = It. 
limpiditii, < LL. limpidit<i( t-)*. clearness, < L. <- 
pidiiK, clear, limpid: see limpid.] Limpidness. 
limpidly(Um'pia-H), ado. In a limpid manner; 
transparently; clearly; lucidly. 
Goethe himself, Kmpidly perfect as arc many of his 
shorter pot-ma, often fails in giving artistic coherence to his 
longer works. Lotcell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 25. 
limpidness (lim'pid-nes), . The state of be- 
ing limpid; clearness ; transparency ; lucidity. 
limpint, " [Cf. limpet.] A limpet. Nares. 
Tcllina. mvtulus. TeXiVo, uvrAos. Atheneeo. A limpin. 
Nomendator. 
limpingly (lim'ping-li), adv. In a limping or 
haltiim iniunicr; lamely. 
limpitudet (lim'pi-tud). n. [< L. limpttiidn, 
clearness. < limpidus, clear, limpid: see MMfN&J 
The quality of being limpid ; limpidness. Sai- 
limpkin (limp'kin). . A local (Florida) name 
of the crying-bird or courlan, Aramus giganteus. 
See courlaii, Aramus. 
Their tongues will never Kn wagging, master. 
MidiUetmt (and othert\ The Widow, v. 1. 
Yea, they and their Seminaries shame not to professe, 
to petition, and never Kn pealing our eares. 
Milton, Church-Government, IL, Con. 
Iin2 Urm (lin), w. [Also lyn, lynn; early mod. 
E. linne ; < ME. "lynne; prob. (a) in def. 1 < AS. 
(ONorth.) Mynn, a torrent (cf . hlyn , hlunn, sound, 
noise, clamor, lilynian, roar; related like hlim- 
me, a torrent, hlimman, roar, clang); (6) in def. 
2, prob. < Gael, linne = Ir. linn = W. llyn, a pool. 
The forms and senses mix; whether they are 
ult. from one source is not clear. Cf. also Icel. 
lind, a well, spring, brook.] 1. A cataract or 
waterfall. 
We heard nought but the roaring Knn, 
Amang the braes sae scroggie. 
Burns, What will I do gin my Hoggie die? 
2. A pool; particularly, a pool below a fall of 
water. 
I saw a river rin 
Outoure a steipie rock of stane. 
Syne lychtlt hi a Kn. 
Cherrir and Sloe, St. 6. 
The nearest to her (Tovyl of kin 
Is Toothy, tripping down from Verwin's rushy Kn. 
Dratiton, Polyolliion, v. 118. 
Tlie shallowest water makes malst din, 
The deadest pool the deepest Knn. 
fair Helen (Child's Ballads, II. 20B). 
Linacese (li-na'sf-S), n. pi. [NL. (Lindley, 
1835), < Linnm + -acea;.] A synonym of Linea, 
still much used. 
linaceous (li-na'shius), a. Of or pertaining to 
the natural order Linacete. 
linage!, An obsolete form of lineage. 
linaloa (lin-a-16'a), n. [Also linaloe; a Mex. 
name.] A fragrant Mexican wood obtained from 
species of Bursera, used to a limited extent in 
making furniture, and yielding a substance em- 
ployed in perfumery. 
linament (lin'a-me. nt )> n. [< L. linamentum, 
linen stuff, < linum, flax: see Km? 1 .] In gurg., 
lint ; a tent for a wound. 
Linaria (li-na'ri-a), . [NL. (A. L. de Jussieu, 
1789), < L. linum, flax, + -nrin.] 1. A genus 
of herbs, rarely shrubs, of the order Scrophu- 
larineoe and tribe Antirrhinctc, characterized 
by a spurred corolla with a prominent palato, 
and stamens in which the anther-cells are dis- 
tinct; toad-flax. There are 130 species, found in the 
warm and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere 
and of South America. See cancerwort, Kenilicorth van. 
2. In ornith.: (it) A genus of linnets, including 
L. cannabina, the common linnet of Europe, 
and sundry related species, as the twite, the 
redpolls, et. Brisson, 1760. Also called Li- 
notti, jEgiothus, and by other names. See cut 
under linnet. (6) [J. c.] A bird of this genus. 
(e) [I. c.] The Linnean specific name of the 
mealy redpoll, Fringilla linaria (^giothnncanrs- 
cens), of northern Europe: more frequently ap- 
plied of late years to the common redpoll of 
Europe and America, Linota nifesccns, now usu- 
ally called Jfyiothits linaria or Acanthis linaria. 
See cut under redpoll. 3. A genus of worms. 
linarite (lin'a-rit), >i. [< Linares, a town in 
Spain, + -ite*.] A hydrated sulphate of lead 
and copper, occurring in deep azure-blue mono- 
clinic crystals. 
linativet, A corrupt form of lenitive. 
lince (Hns), . [Var. of /incfci.] A bank of sod 
between terraces formed on a hillside by the an- 
cient mode of plowing strips and leaving banks 
of sod between them; also, the strip or terrace 
of arable soil between two such banks. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
lincelst, ".pi. [Also lintel*, and lints; origin ob- 
scure; prob. OF.] Tares in corn. Halliicell. 
Linceus, n. See Lynceux. 
linch 1 (linch), n. [< ME. 'lincli, lynch, < AS. 
tiliuc, a ridge of land, a balk. Hence the sur- 
name Linch, Lynch.] 1. A ridge or balk of 
land ; any bank or boundary for the division of 
IHIHI, ,111* UttlllV ''l l M r 11 I l< l.i 1 > 
land. 2. A ledge; a right-angled projection. 
3. A narrow and steep bank or footpath. 
4. A small inland cliff, generally one that is 
wooded. 5. A hamlet. [Prov. Eng. in all 
uses.] (HalliKcll.) 
linch 2 (linch), v. [Origin obscure ; cf. link*.] 
I. intrang. To prance about in a lively manner. 
Cheval coquelinenx, a linchiny horse. 
UMyband, Dictlonarie (1698). (J7oitt) 
II trang. To beat or chastise. rrfV* US. 
addition* to Ray. (Halliicell.) [Prov. Eng.l 
linchet (lin'chet), n. [Also lunchrt ; < linckl - 
-et.] A ridge or terrace seen on the slopes of 
the Chalk, Oolitic, and Liassic escarpments in 
various narts of England, especially in Bedford- 
shire, Hertfordshire. Wiltshire, and Somerset. 
The origin of the HncheU has never been made entirely 
clear. It is probable that most of them are artificial con- 
structions, and that they were made for convenience In 
cultivating the hill-slopes on which they occur. Alio call- 
ed KneA. Used chiefly In the plural. [Local, Eng. I 
Many terraces are still cultivated tmt every farmer I 
have met with has assured me that there Is now, and has 
been from thm- immemorial, a general di-i-ire to pkaf 
down the lynchrt* (as they are locally railed), nnd t 
formerly tlu'lr number was much greater than at present. 
JfodKnta*, Scenery of England and Wales, p. 88. 
