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limber
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?mb?(?)/
Etymology 1
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp.
Adjective
limber (comparative limberer, superlative limberest)
- Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)
- To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Translations
Etymology 2
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
Noun
limber (plural limbers)
- (military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 29:
- we covered the rutted, rattling, dusty pot-holed roads of coastal Victoria, six big Walers in front, the cannon at the rear, and that unsprung cart they called a ‘limber’ in the middle.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 29:
- (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
- (nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
Usage notes
- Sometimes the plural limbers was used to refer to a single such vehicle.
Translations
Verb
limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)
- (obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
Antonyms
- unlimber
Translations
See also
- caisson
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- limber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- limbers and caissons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Limbers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- limber at OneLook Dictionary Search
- limber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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swift
English
Etymology
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English sw?fan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sw?ft/
- Homophone: Swift
- Rhymes: -?ft
Adjective
swift (comparative swifter, superlative swiftest)
- Fast; quick; rapid.
- Capable of moving at high speeds.
Translations
Noun
swift (plural swifts)
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- Synonyms: needletail, spinetail, swiftlet
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
- Synonym: fence lizard, spiny lizard
- (entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
- (entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- A reel for winding yarn.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- (obsolete) The current of a stream.
Translations
Adverb
swift (comparative more swift, superlative most swift)
- (obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II. iii. 263:
- Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
- 1793, Robert Southey, Lord William
- Ply swift and strong the oar.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II. iii. 263:
Synonyms
- swith
Derived terms
- African swift (Apus barbatus)
- alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- Andean swift (Aeronautes andecolus)
- ashy-tailed swift (Chaetura andrei)
- band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicaudus)
- Bates's swift (Apus batesi)
- black swift (Cypseloides niger)
- Blyth's swift (Apus leuconyx)
- Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi)
- chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- common swift (Apus apus)
- Cook's swift (Apus cooki)
- Costa Rican swift (Chaetura fumosa)
- crested swift (Hemiprocnidae spp.)
- dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
- emerald swift (Sceloporus malachiticus)
- Eurasian swift, European swift (Apus apus)
- fence swift (Sceloporus undulatis)
- Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae)
- Forbes-Watson's swift (Apus berliozi)
- fork-tailed swift
- ghost swift (Hepialidae)
- great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex)
- great swift (Hepialus humuli)
- grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- little swift (Apus affinis)
- mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
- needle-tailed swift (Hirundapus caudacutus)
- Nyanza swift (Apus niansae)
- orange swift (Triodia sylvina)
- Pacific swift (Apus pacificus)
- pallid swift (Apus pallidus)
- palm swift (Cypsiurus spp.)
- pine swift (Sceloporus undulatus)
- sagebrush swift (Sceloporus graciosus)
- Salim Ali's swift (Apus salimali)
- scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
- Schouteden's swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni)
- Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis)
- sooty swift (Cypseloides fumigatus)
- spine-tailed swift (Hirundapus caudacutus)
- spot-fronted swift (Cypseloides cherriei)
- swift fox (Vulpes velox)
- swift fruit bat (Thoopterus nigrescens)
- swift moth
- swiftness
- swiftlet (Apodidae spp.)
- swiftly
- swift parrot (Lathamus discolor)
- swiftwater
- tree swift, treeswift (Hemiprocnidae spp.)
- white-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi)
- white-chinned swift (Cypseloides cryptus)
- white-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- white-naped swift (Streptoprocne semicollaris)
- white-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
- white-tipped swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
Old English
Etymology
From the verb sw?fan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swift/
Adjective
swift (comparative swiftra, superlative swiftost)
- swift, quick
Declension
Derived terms
- swiftl??e
- swiftnes
Descendants
- English: swift
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