Lim"mer (?), a.

Limber.

[Obs.]

Holland.

 

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Lim"mer, n. [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.

 

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