Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIM'BER
LIM'BER, a. [perhaps from the W. llib, llibin; for m and b are convertible, and m before b, is often casual.]
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. In America, it is applied to material things; as, a limber rod; a limber joint.
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