Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LIM'IT, n. [L. limes; Fr. limites. See Limb.]

1. Bound; border; utmost extent; the part that terminates a thing; as, the limit of a town, city or empire; the limits of human knowledge.
2. The thing which bounds; restraint.
3. Limits, plur., the extent of the liberties of a prison.