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1limp´ness — limp1 «lihmp», noun, verb. –n a lame step or walk. ╂[< verb] –v.i. 1. to walk with a limp: »After falling down the stairs, he limped for several days. SYNONYM(S): hobble. 2. Figurative. to proceed slowly and with difficulty: »The plane limped… …
2limp´ly — limp1 «lihmp», noun, verb. –n a lame step or walk. ╂[< verb] –v.i. 1. to walk with a limp: »After falling down the stairs, he limped for several days. SYNONYM(S): hobble. 2. Figurative. to proceed slowly and with difficulty: »The plane limped… …
3limp´ing|ly — limp1 «lihmp», noun, verb. –n a lame step or walk. ╂[< verb] –v.i. 1. to walk with a limp: »After falling down the stairs, he limped for several days. SYNONYM(S): hobble. 2. Figurative. to proceed slowly and with difficulty: »The plane limped… …
4limp´er — limp1 «lihmp», noun, verb. –n a lame step or walk. ╂[< verb] –v.i. 1. to walk with a limp: »After falling down the stairs, he limped for several days. SYNONYM(S): hobble. 2. Figurative. to proceed slowly and with difficulty: »The plane limped… …
5limp — limp1 [limp] vi. [ME lympen < OE limpan, to befall, occur (in a specialized sense, to walk lamely), akin to MHG limpfen, to walk with a limp, OHG limfan, to befall, happen < IE * (s)lemb < base * leb , to hang down, be limp > SLUMP,… …
6rag doll — noun a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted • Hypernyms: ↑doll, ↑dolly * * * noun 1. : a stuffed and usually painted cloth doll 2. : a device for testing the germination of seed consisting of a strip of cloth that has numbered squares …
7dish|rag — «DIHSH RAG», noun. U.S. 1. a cloth to wash dishes with; dishcloth. 2. anything wet and limp. 3. = dishcloth gourd. (Cf. ↑dishcloth gourd) …
8Viscount Raoul de Chagny — Infobox character colour = name = Vicomte Raoul de Chagny first = The Phantom of the Opera age = 21 (original novel) born = ca. 1860 (original novel) occupation = Viscount title = Viscount de Chagny family = Count Philbert de Chagny (father,… …
9perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …
10ragfish — /rag fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) ragfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) ragfishes. a deep sea fish of the family Icosteidae, inhabiting the North Pacific, having a very flexible body owing to its soft, highly… …
