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limber
/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
noun 3verb 2adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
lay, long, still
VERB + LIMBER
beginning, keep, mind
LIMBER + NOUN
oare
PREP.
up, with, with
ADV.
away, quite
Definitions
adj
1
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
Not yet the bargeman that doth rowe / with long and limber oare
verb
1
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word
Go back to the Island and limber up with a few drafts.
noun
1
A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.
As the limber gunners went to the rear, his horse trod in a rabbit-hole and came down, throwing him into a depression of the ground.
2
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
3
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
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He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
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Not yet the bargeman that doth rowe / with long and limber oare
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This is a very complicated case, Maude. A lot of ins, a lot of outs. Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict drug regimen to keep my mind limber.
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Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word
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Go back to the Island and limber up with a few drafts.
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An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.
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