limber
51limber hole — noun Etymology: limber (as in limbers) + hole : a drain hole near the bottom of a frame or other structural member of a ship see ship illustration * * * Naut. any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of… …
52limber rope — noun Etymology: limber (as in limbers) + rope : a rope passing through the limbers of a ship to keep them clear of dirt …
53limber — Synonyms and related words: adaptable, anemic, asthenic, bendable, bending, bloodless, chicken, compliant, cowardly, debilitated, drooping, droopy, ductile, dull, effete, elastic, etiolated, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, faint,… …
54Limber — afrikanischer Name, Bedeutung: große Freude …
55limber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flexible, supple, pliable; lithe. See softness.Ant., stiff, inflexible. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Agile] Syn. nimble, spry, deft; see agile , graceful 1 . 2. [Pliant] Syn. supple, lithe, plastic;… …
56limber — a. Supple, pliable, pliant, flexible, lithe …
57limber up — limbering up for the marathon Syn: warm up, loosen up, get into condition, get into shape, practice, train, stretch …
58To limber up — Limber Lim ber v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (l[i^]m b[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. [1913 Webster] {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four wheeled vehicle by attaching… …
59limber pine — noun Date: 1897 a pine (Pinus flexilis) of the western United States and Canada that has flexible branches and needles in bundles of five …
60limber hole — Naut. any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture. [1620 30] * * * …
