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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Flagginess :: Flagginess (n.) The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.
Clematis :: Clematis (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower..
Supple-jack :: Supple-chapped (a.) Having a limber tongue.
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..
Limbered :: Limbered (imp. & p. p.) of Limbe.
Cobaea :: Cobaea (n.) A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers..
Guarana :: Guarana (n.) A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache..
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..
Trail :: Trail (n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun..
Climber :: Climber (n.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot..
Galloper :: Galloper (n.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber..
Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
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..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..
Limberness :: Limberness (n.) The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
Flap :: 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..
Limmer :: Limmer (a.) Limber.
Limber :: Limber (v. t.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun..
Alpinist :: Alpinist (n.) A climber of the Alps.
Flaggy :: Flaggy (a.) Weak; flexible; limber.
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