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fantt-drecse by the inhabitants of the foutliern and eaftern 
parts of the ifland ; but it is called a fea-breeze by thofe 
an the northern and wellern, who indeed receive it imme¬ 
diately from the Tea. In fummerit blows,till four o’clock* 
in the morning; and, when it ceafes, it leaves a profound 
calm, which continues till the hour when the limbat com¬ 
mences. In autumn and winter it never falls, till day¬ 
break, when it is fucceeded by other winds, v, hich pro¬ 
ceed from the irregularity of the feafon. In fpring i,t 
does not continue longer than midnight; and is then fuc¬ 
ceeded by that happy calm, during w hich thofe refrefhing 
dews are formed that moiften the earth at fnn-rifing. 
The limbat winds, which arife.in the beginning of fum- 
mer, ceafe about the middle of September; and this is 
the period when the molt infupportable heats commence, 
becaufe their violence is not moderated by the fmallelt 
breeze. They are, however, luckily not of long dura¬ 
tion ; and about the latter end of October they decreafe 
fenfibly, as the atmofphere begins to be loaded with wa- 
tery clouds. 
LIM'BE, an ifland in the Eaftern Indian Sea, about 
twelve miles long, and three broad, near the ealt coalt of 
Celebes. Laf. r 18. N. Ion. 135. 10. E. 
LIM'BEC, f. [corrupted by popular pronunciation 
from alembic.] A (fill —The earth, by fecret conveyances, 
lets in the fea, and fends it back frefli, her bowels lerving 
for a limbec. Howel. 
Fires of Spain, and the line, 
Whofe countries limbecs to our bodies he, 
Canft thou for gain bear ! Donne. 
Call up, unbound, 
In various fliapes, old Proteus from the fea. 
Drain’d through a limbec to his naked form. Milton. 
He firfl: furvey’d the charge with careful eyes. 
Yet judg’d, like vapours that from limbecs rife. 
It would in richer (howers defcend again. Dryden. 
LTM'BED, adj. [from limb.] Formed with regard to 
limbs. 
A fleer of five years age, Ja r.ge-limb'd f and fed, 
To Jove’s high altars Agamemnon led. Pope's Iliad. 
LIM'BER, adj. Flexible; eafilybent; pliant; lithe.— 
The mufcles were ftrong on both fides of the afpera ar- 
teria ; but on the under fide, oppofite to that of the cefo- 
phagus, very limber. Ray on Creation. 
At once came forth whatever creeps the ground, 
Infeft, or worm : thofe wav’d their limber fans 
For wjngs; and, fmailefl lineaments exaft. 
In all the liveries deck’d of fummer’s pride. Milton. 
LIM'BER, f. A two-wheel carriage, upon which the 
trail of the gun is fixed in travelling, and taken off when 
preparing for adlion ; this gives the term unlimbering the 
'guns. 
Limbers, or Limber-Holes, in a (hip, are little 
fquare holes cut through her floor-timbers, lerving to let 
the water to the well of the pump, which other wife Would 
lie between thofe timbers where the keel-rope runs. 
Every floor-timber has two limber-holes cut through it; 
viz. one on each fide of the keelfon, 
Limber-Boards, (hort pieces of plank, which form a 
part of the cieling or lining of a !b ip’s-floor, dole to the 
keelfon, and immediately above the limbers. They are 
■occafionaliy removed, in order to examine and clear the 
limber-holes. 
Limber-Rope, a long rope, frequently retained.in the 
limber-holes of a (hip, and communicating from one to 
another, in order td clear them, by pulling the rope-back- 
■wards and forwards, fo as to loofen the fand or dirt by 
which they may occafionaliy be choaked. 
LIM'BERG, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; twelve 
miles fouth of. V.oitfberg, 
V, LIM'BJSRNESS, J\ Flexibility ; pliascy. 
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LIMBEtffO, a town on the eaft coafl of the ifland of 
Celebes. Lat. o. 18. N. Ion. 123. 18 - . E. 
LIM'BING, f. The furnifhing with limbs; the aft of 
tearing limb from limb. 
LIM'BMEAL, adv. In pieces.—O! that I had her here 
to tear her limbrneal. Sha/tejpeare’s Cymbeline. —Tears cards 
liriibmcal without regard to age, lex, or quality. Butler's 
CharaElers. 
LIM'BO, f [eo quod Jit limbus inferorum. Du Cange.] 
A region bordering upon hell, in which there is neither 
pleafure nor pain. Popularly hell; 
No, he’s in tartar limbo , worfe than hell. 
A devil in an everlafting garment hath him, 
One whofe hard heart is button’d up with (feel. Shake/p, 
Oh what a fympathy of woe is this! 
As far from help as limbo is from blifs. Shahefpearr, 
Any place of mifery and reflraint.—Friar, thou art corns 
off thyfelf, but poor I am left in limbo. Drydoi's Spamjh 
Fryar. 
For he no fooner was at large, 
But Trulla ftraight brought on the charge ; 
And in the fe If-fa me limbo put 
The knight and fquire, where he was (hut. Hudibras. 
LIMBOBARY'A, a town of Bengal; thirty miles 
north-welt of Nattore. 
LIM'BORCH (Philip), a learned writer among the re- 
monftrants, born at Amlterdam in 1633. After having 
made great proficiency in his rtudies, he was, in 1655, ad¬ 
mitted to preach in public, which be did firfl at Haer- 
lem. His fermons had in them no affefted eloquence ; 
but were folid, methodical, and edifying. He wasdiolen 
minifter of Goudja ; from whence he was called to Am¬ 
lterdam, where he had the profcflorfliip of divinity, in 
which he acquitted himfelf with great reputation till his 
death, which happened in 1712. He had an admirable 
genius, and a tenacious memory. He had many friends 
of diflindion in foreign parts as well as in liis'own coun¬ 
try. Some of his letters to Mr. Locke are printed with 
thofe of that celebrated author. He had all the qualifica¬ 
tions fuitable to the charader of a fincere divine, lived 
an example of every virtue, and preferved the vigour of 
his body and mind to a confiderable age. He wrote many 
works, which are efleemed ; the principal of which are, 
1. Arnica Collatio de Veritate Religionis ChriAianas cum 
Erndito Judreo, 121110. ’ 2. A Complete Body of Divi¬ 
nity, according to the opinions and dodrines of the Re- 
monftrants. 3. A Hiftory of the Inquifition ; which has 
been tranflated into Englifli, and enlarged,, by Dr. Samuel. 
Chandler. Limborch alfo publiflied the works of the fa¬ 
mous Epifcopius, who was his great-uncle by the mother’s 
fide 1 . 
LIM'BOURG (John Philip de), a phyfician at Spa, 
who obtained a.great reputation by his knowledge of the 
properties of the mineral waters, and by the fuccefs with 
which he preferibed them in many obftinate difeafes, 
which had refitted other remedies. He re Tided at Spa dur- 
ingthe feafon of drinking the waters. He publilhed le- 
veral works, the principal of which detail the refultof his 
obfervations on their properties and ufes; viz. 1. Differ- 
tation fur les Eaux de Spa, foutenue a Leyde, le 7 Aout, 
1736, See. Liege, 1749, i2mo. 2. Traite des Eaux Miner- 
rales de Spa, Leyden, 1754, i2tno. 3. Diflertations fur 
les Bains d’Eau Ample, tant par immerfion, q.u’en douches 
et en vapeurs ; Liege, 1757, nmo. 4. Cara&eres dea 
Medecins, on l’idee de ce qu’il.s font communement, et 
celle de ce qu’ils devroier.t etre, See. ibid. 1760, 121Y10. 5. 
Diflertation furies Afiinites chymiques, qui a remporte le 
prix dePhyfique de Pan 1758, an jugement de P Academic 
de Rouen ; ibid. 1761, 121110. 6. Nouveaux Amufemens 
des Eaux Minerales de Spa ; ibid. 1763, nmo. 7. Dif- 
fertation fur les Douleurs vagues, connues fous le notn do 
.Goutte vague et de Rheumatifme goutteux. Sec. a prize- 
1 eifay. 
