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lim

Pronunciation: /lim/

“lim” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)
  2. glue; mortar, paste, lime

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *limu, probably related to *liþu- (whence liþ). Cognate with Old Norse limr.

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