(lim) noun
1. One of the jointed parts of the animal body, as a leg, arm, or wing.
2. A branch of a tree.
3. A person or thing forming a part of something else; an arm or branch of anything; member: limb of the law.
4. Colloq. A roguish young person; a mischievous child.
—out on a limb Colloq. At a great disadvantage.
—v.t. To dismember. ♦ Homophone: limn. [OE lim]
—limb′less adjective

(lim) noun
1. An edge or part, as of a disk; specifically, the edge of the disk of the moon or other heavenly body.
2. The graduated portion of a leveling rod or instrument for determining angles. ♦ Homophone: limn. [<F limbe <L limbus edge]