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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LIMMER

n. 1. A limehound; a mongrel.
2. A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff.
3. A thill or shaft. [Local. See Limber. ]
4. A thill-horse. [Local. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LIMMER

LIMMER Lim "mer, a.

 

Defn: Limber. [Obs. ] Holland.

 

LIMMER

Lim "mer, n. Etym: [F. limier. See Leamer. ]

 

1. A limehound; a leamer.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.

 

3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [Scot. ] Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands. Sir W. Scott.

 

4. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A man rope at the side of a ladder.