LIMB
Limb, n. Etym: [L. limbus border. Cf. Limbo, Limbus.]
Defn: A border or edge, in certain special uses. (a) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade. (b) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. (c) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
LIMBAT
Lim"bat, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: 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
Lim"bate, a. Etym: [L. limbatus, fr. limbus border, edge. See
Limbus.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
LIMBEC
Lim"bec, n. Etym: [Abbrev. of alembic.]
Defn: An alembic; a still. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.
LIMBEC
Lim"bec, v. t.
Defn: To distill. [Obs.] Dryden.