a part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.-an arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.-a thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.-an elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.-to supply with limbs.-to dismember; to tear off the limbs of.-a border or edge, in certain special uses.-the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.-the border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.-the graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.