by neufer » Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:51 pm
limb wrote:
".....the limb [sic] of the Earth is visible......"
Well you learn something new every day.
I didn't know the Earth had limbs! That's neat!
(Could it be that the writer was thinking "rim" of the Earth?)
That depends if you are more Anglo-Saxon than Latin:
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RIM, n. [As. rima, reoma, edge; cf. W. rhim, rhimp, a rim, edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim. Cf. Rind.]
- 1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.
2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] Shak.
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LIMB, n. lim. [L. limbus, edge or border, extremity; limes, limit. The sense of limb is from shooting or extending.] (Webster's 1828)
- 1. Edge or border. This is the proper signification of the word; but in this sense it is limited chiefly to technical use, and applied to the sun, moon, or a star, to a leaf, to a quadrant, &c. We say, the sun or moon is eclipsed on its northern limb. But we never say, the limb of a board, of a tract of land or water, &c.
2. In anatomy, and in common use, an extremity of the human body; a member; a projecting part; as the arm or leg; that is, a shoot.
3. The branch of a tree; applied only to a branch of some size, and not to a small twig.
4. In botany, the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corol.
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[quote="limb"]
".....the limb [sic] of the Earth is visible......"
Well you learn something new every day.
I didn't know the Earth had limbs! That's neat!
(Could it be that the writer was thinking "rim" of the Earth?)[/quote]
That depends if you are more Anglo-Saxon than Latin:
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RIM, n. [As. rima, reoma, edge; cf. W. rhim, rhimp, a rim, edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim. Cf. Rind.]
[list]1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.
2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] Shak.[/list]--------------------------------------------------------
LIMB, n. lim. [L. limbus, edge or border, extremity; limes, limit. The sense of limb is from shooting or extending.] (Webster's 1828)
[list] 1. Edge or border. [color=#FF0000]This is the proper signification of the word; but in this sense it is limited chiefly to technical use, and applied to the sun, moon, or a star, to a leaf, to a quadrant, &c. We say, the sun or moon is eclipsed on its northern limb.[/color] But we never say, the limb of a board, of a tract of land or water, &c.
2. In anatomy, and in common use, an extremity of the human body; a member; a projecting part; as the arm or leg; that is, a shoot.
3. The branch of a tree; applied only to a branch of some size, and not to a small twig.
4. In botany, the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corol.
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