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Webster 1913 Edition


Lame

Lame

(lām)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Lamer
(lām′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Lamest
.]
[OE.
lame
, AS.
lama
; akin to D.
lam
, G.
lahm
, OHG., Dan., & Sw.
lam
, Icel.
lami
, Russ.
lomate
to break,
lomota
rheumatism.]
1.
(a)
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function;
as, a
lame
leg, arm, or muscle
.
(b)
To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled;
as, a
lame
man
.
Lame of one leg.”
Arbuthnot.
Lame in both his feet.”
2 Sam. ix. 13.
“He fell, and became lame.”
2 Sam. iv. 4.
2.
Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect;
as, a
lame
answer
.
“A lame endeavor.”
Barrow.
O, most
lame
and impotent conclusion!
Shakespeare

Lame

(lām)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lamed
(lāmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Laming
.]
To make lame.
If you happen to let child fall and
lame
it.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lame

LAME

,
Adj.
1.
Crippled or disabled in a limb, or otherwise injured so as to be unsound and impaired in strength; as a lame arm or leg, or a person lame in one leg.
2.
Imperfect; not satisfactory; as a lame excuse.
3.
Hobbling; not smooth; as numbers in verse.

LAME

,
Verb.
T.
To make lame; to cripple or disable; to render imperfect and unsound; as, to lame an arm or a leg.

Definition 2024


lamè

lamè

See also: lame and lamé

Haitian Creole

Noun

lamè

  1. sea