lamishadj.
/ˈleɪmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈleɪmɪʃ/ Somewhat lame.
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limphalta700
lamec725
haltc893
cripplec1230
alamedc1275
crippleda1400
left-handeda1425
limb-take1519
limp-legged1523
limpish1570
lamish1592
limping1599
spavined1647
hip-shotten1648
hamble-shanked1661
hop-legged1714
cripply1775
bockety1842
estropiated1917
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F3 v I could not refrayne, but bequeath it to the Priuie, leafe by leafe as I read it, it was so vgly, dorbellicall, and lamish.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2448/4 One Grey Gelding about 14 hands and a halfe high, goes lamish behind.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4895/4 Trots lamish with his off Leg behind.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 164 Something lamish about one of the knees or ankles.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady ii. 41 He was lamish and walked with a stick.
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