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- Limber - n. - The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
- 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.
- Limber - n. - Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
- Limber - v. t. - To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
- Limber - a. - Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
- Limber - v. t. - To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
- Limbered - imp. & p. p. - of Limber
- Limbering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Limber
- Limberness - n. - The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
- Unlimber - v. t. - To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
- Stiff - superl. - Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
- Flap - v. - Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
- Supple-chapped - a. - Having a limber tongue.
- Limber - v. t. - To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.