Limb, a troublesome or precocious child.
Limb of the law, a lawyer, or clerk articled to that profession.
Limbo, a prison, from LIMBUS or LIMBUS PATRUM, a mediæval theological term for purgatory. The Catholic Church teaches that LIMBO was that part of hell where holy people who died before the Redemption were kept.
Line, a hoax, a fool-trap; as, “to get him in a LINE,” i.e., to get some sport out of him.
Line, calling, trade, profession; “what LINE are you in?” “the building LINE.”
Liner, a casual reporter, paid by the line. Diminutive of “penny-a-liner.”
Lingo, talk, or language. Slang is termed LINGO amongst the lower orders. Italian, LINGUA.—Lingua Franca.
Lint-scraper, a young surgeon. Thackeray, in Lovel the Widower, uses the phrase, and gives, also, the words “Æsculapius,” “Pestle-grinder,” and “Vaccinator,” for the same character.
Lionesses, ladies visiting an Oxford man, especially at “Commemoration,” which is the chief time for receiving feminine visitors at the University.