different between terms vs limbmeal

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

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Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Alternative forms

• limb-meal
• limb meal

Etymology

From Middle English lymmele, limmel, from Old English limm?lum (“limbmeal, limb by limb”), equivalent to limb +? -meal.

Adverb

limbmeal (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Into pieces; limb from limb.
   • c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act II, Scene 4,^[1]

     O, that I had her here, to tear her limb-meal!

   • 1677, Edward Bury, England’s Bane, or, The Deadly Danger of Drunkenness, London: Thomas Parkhurst, p. 16,^[2]

     […] they deal with Christ as a Kennel of Hounds do with an Hare, pluck him to pieces, wound and tear him, what in them lies, limb meal, neither his Blood, nor his Wounds, nor his Head, nor his Heart, nor any other part shall escape, and they even dare Vengeance it self […]

   • 1890, John Payne (translator), The Novels of Matteo Bandello Bishop of Agen, London: The Villon Society, Volume 5, Part 3, Story 24, pp. 323-324,^[3]

     Such was the end of that vile and wicked woman, worthy of a more cruel death and to be torn of dogs limbmeal.