noun

1. a part that extends from the trunk of a body, as an arm, leg, or wing
2. a large branch of a tree
3. any projecting part forming an outgrowth or extension from a larger body
4. a person or thing regarded as a branch, part, agent, or representative a policeman is a limb of the law
5. Chiefly Brit., Informal a naughty child

Etymology: with unhistoric -b < ME lim < OE, akin to ON limr, limb < IE base *(e)lei-, to bend > el(bow)

transitive verb

noun

1. a border, margin, or edge
2. Astron. the apparent outer edge of a celestial object
3. Bot. the spreading outer portion of the corolla of certain flowers

Etymology: Fr limbe, orig., limbo < ML(Ec) limbus < L: see limbo