Limb /(lĭm)/

Limb

n.
  1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
  2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
    A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs.
  3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
    That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.
  4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Phrases & Compounds
Limb of the law
a lawyer or an officer of the law.

Limb

v. t.
  1. To supply with limbs. [R.]
  2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

Limb

n.
  1. A border or edge, in certain special uses. (Bot.)