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Webster 1913 Edition


Limmer

Lim′mer

(lĭm′mẽr)
,
Adj.
Limber.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Lim′mer

,
Noun.
[F.
limier
. See
Leamer
.]
1.
A limehound; a leamer.
2.
(Zool.)
A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
3.
A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.
[Scot.]
Thieves,
limmers
, and broken men of the Highlands.
Sir W. Scott.
4.
(Naut.)
A man rope at the side of a ladder.

Webster 1828 Edition


Limmer

LIM'MER

, n.
1.
A limehound; a mongrel.
2.
A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff.
3.
A thill or shaft. [Local. See Limber.]
4.
A thill-horse. [Local.]