Definition of limber

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Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..

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Limber :: Limber (v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Lithe :: Lithe (a.) Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis..
Lissome :: Lissome (a.) Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
Litheness :: Litheness (n.) The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.
Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..
Alpinist :: Alpinist (n.) A climber of the Alps.
Limmer :: Limmer (a.) Limber.
Prolonge :: Prolonge (n.) A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes..
Lithesome :: Lithesome (a.) Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork..
Limber :: Limber (v. t.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun..
Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope..
Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber..
Limberness :: Limberness (n.) The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
Betel :: Betel (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves..
Nicker Nut :: Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray..
Climber :: Climber (n.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot..
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