limb-mealadv.

Brit.

/ˈlɪmmiːl/, U.S.

/ˈlɪmˌmil/

Forms: see limb n.¹; also Middle English limb-mele, limb-meel(e, Middle English–1600s limb-meale, 1800s dialect limb-mull, limmel.

Etymology: Old English limmǽlum : see limb n.¹ and -meal suffix.

Obsolete exc. archaic and dialect.

Limb from limb, limb by limb; piecemeal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adverb]

limb-mealc1050

lith from lithc1430

from lith to lith1496

limbmeally1569

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > by pieces or piecemeal

limb-mealc1050

morsel-mealc1300

piecemealc1325

gobbetmealc1384

parcelmeala1387

plotmeala1450

gobbetly1552

threadmeal1565

piecemealwise1589

parcelwise1647

piecewise1674

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 440/36 Membratim, limmælum.

a1225 Juliana 79 Þer ase wilde deor limmel to luken ham.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12785 He þer þene beore of-sloh and hine lim-mele [c1300 Otho leome-mele] to-droh.

c1290 Beket 1779 in S. Eng. Leg. Þei ich beo drawe lime mele.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 281 Maximus..was alto hakked..and i-þrowe lyme meele into Tyber.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxvii. 330 He was drawen lymme meale.

1590 T. Fenne Frutes f. 43 Readie to teare in peeces, and plucke lim-meale the bodie of the bloudie Tyrant.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iv. 147 O that I had her heere, to teare her Limb-meale .

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 399 Tears Cards Limb-meal without Regard of Age, Sex, or Quality, and breaks the Bones of Dice.

1709 J. Stevens tr. P. de Cieza Seventeen Years Trav. xxix. 78 Putting him to exquisite Torments and tearing his Body Limb-meal.

1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 309 Up with their nails the earth they threw, Then limb-meal tore a coal-black ewe.

1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Limmel.

Derivatives

† limbmeally adv. Obsolete in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adverb]

limb-mealc1050

lith from lithc1430

from lith to lith1496

limbmeally1569

1569 T. Underdowne tr. Ovid Inuectiue against Ibis L iij b He was..torne limmeally, that is to say, each peece from other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	limb-meal
释义	limb-mealadv. Brit. /ˈlɪmmiːl/, U.S. /ˈlɪmˌmil/ Forms: see limb n.¹; also Middle English limb-mele, limb-meel(e, Middle English–1600s limb-meale, 1800s dialect limb-mull, limmel. Etymology: Old English limmǽlum : see limb n.¹ and -meal suffix. Obsolete exc. archaic and dialect. Limb from limb, limb by limb; piecemeal. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adverb] limb-mealc1050 lith from lithc1430 from lith to lith1496 limbmeally1569 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > by pieces or piecemeal limb-mealc1050 morsel-mealc1300 piecemealc1325 gobbetmealc1384 parcelmeala1387 plotmeala1450 gobbetly1552 threadmeal1565 piecemealwise1589 parcelwise1647 piecewise1674 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 440/36 Membratim, limmælum. a1225 Juliana 79 Þer ase wilde deor limmel to luken ham. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12785 He þer þene beore of-sloh and hine lim-mele [c1300 Otho leome-mele] to-droh. c1290 Beket 1779 in S. Eng. Leg. Þei ich beo drawe lime mele. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 281 Maximus..was alto hakked..and i-þrowe lyme meele into Tyber. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxvii. 330 He was drawen lymme meale. 1590 T. Fenne Frutes f. 43 Readie to teare in peeces, and plucke lim-meale the bodie of the bloudie Tyrant. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iv. 147 O that I had her heere, to teare her Limb-meale . View more context for this quotation a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 399 Tears Cards Limb-meal without Regard of Age, Sex, or Quality, and breaks the Bones of Dice. 1709 J. Stevens tr. P. de Cieza Seventeen Years Trav. xxix. 78 Putting him to exquisite Torments and tearing his Body Limb-meal. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 309 Up with their nails the earth they threw, Then limb-meal tore a coal-black ewe. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Limmel. Derivatives † limbmeally adv. Obsolete in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adverb] limb-mealc1050 lith from lithc1430 from lith to lith1496 limbmeally1569 1569 T. Underdowne tr. Ovid Inuectiue against Ibis L iij b He was..torne limmeally, that is to say, each peece from other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1050
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