limbusn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪmbəs/, U.S.

/ˈlɪmbəs/

Etymology: Latin = edge, border; in medieval Latin, a region on the border of Hell.

a. Occasionally used (as the normal form for English adoption) = limbo n.¹ 1 limbus patrum = ‘the limbo of the fathers’, i.e. of the just who died before Christ's coming. limbus infantum = ‘the limbo of infants’: see limbo n.¹ 1. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > region bordering

limboa1400

limbusc1440

limbc1450

bolge1881

c1440 York Myst. xxxvii. 198 What þanne, is lymbus lorne, allas!

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 514/1 The state of soules, both in heauen, hell, purgatory, paradyse, & Limbus patrum.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 418 b There be sayd to be 4. Mansions in hell... The second Lymbus, a place for such as are not Baptised.

a1623 W. Pemble Short Expos. Zachary (1629) 148 He..had ransomed the Fathers out of their Purgatory, or infernall Limbus.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §1000 As if all Spirits and Soules of Men, came forth out of one Divine Limbus.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §264. 194 The Limbus or Physitians purgatory.

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. 121 The Papists..put Children..into a state call'd Limbus Infantum, wherein they do as it were eternally sleep.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 272 By the new French constitution, the best and the wisest representative go equally with the worst into this Limbus Patrum .

†b. A prison; = limbo n.¹ 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun]

prisonOE

wardc1290

prisoning1344

keepingc1384

imprisonment1389

prisonment1422

jail1447

fasteningc1460

warding1497

firmancea1522

incarcerationc1540

imprisoningc1542

limbo1590

limbus?a1600

endurance1610

jailing1622

restraint1829

carceration1870

holiday1901

Paddy Doyle1919

bird1924

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 364 Laich in a lymbus, whair they lay, Then Lowrie lowsit them long or day.

2. Used technically in lit. sense of ‘border’ or ‘edge’; e.g. the ridge which borders the crater of a volcano; in Historical use, the rim of a crater or wine-bowl; in Botany = limb n.² 3d; in Conchology ‘the circumference of the valves of a bivalve shell from the disc to the border or margin’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888); also in Anatomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > margin or periphery

limbus1671

margin1675

submarginal1827

limbation1881

margination1954

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border > of something concave

limbus1671

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > quadrant or sextant > part of quadrant or sextant

quadrat?c1400

geometrical square?a1560

plummet?a1560

limb1593

line of shadows1728

limbus1738

horizon-glass1774

1671 F. Willoughby in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2126 Having tipp'd the ends, inverted them, and fasten'd a Limbus or ring of soft wax to the great ends.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 613 Now we see plainly the smoke briskly issuing out of the Crater, the Limbus of which was all black.

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 71 The Membrane or Valve on the Left side of the Foramen Ovale..extended almost over the hole, without any Limbus round its edges.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Limb, Limbus, the outermost border, or graduated edge of an astrolabe, quadrant, or the like mathematical instrument.

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. L6 Limbus, the border or upper dilated part of a monopetalous corolla.

1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 62 Primula. 1...limbus of the cor. flat...3...limbus of the cor. concave.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 272 Round the crater is the limbus, which is a decorated border of floral or other ornaments.

1877 W. Turner Introd. Human Anat. II. vi. 368 Another membrane..arises from a denticulated spiral crest, the limbus or crista spiralis.

1954 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) i. 3 The cornea is set into the sclera like a watch glass so that the latter overlaps the cornea all round the periphery; the junction of the two tissues is known as the limbus.

1961 Lancet 22 July 166/2 The blade of the knife emerges 0·5–1·0 mm. on the corneal side of the limbus when the section is complete.

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

单词	limbus
释义	limbusn. Brit. /ˈlɪmbəs/, U.S. /ˈlɪmbəs/ Etymology: Latin = edge, border; in medieval Latin, a region on the border of Hell. 1. a. Occasionally used (as the normal form for English adoption) = limbo n.¹ 1 limbus patrum = ‘the limbo of the fathers’, i.e. of the just who died before Christ's coming. limbus infantum = ‘the limbo of infants’: see limbo n.¹ 1. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > region bordering limboa1400 limbusc1440 limbc1450 bolge1881 c1440 York Myst. xxxvii. 198 What þanne, is lymbus lorne, allas! 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 514/1 The state of soules, both in heauen, hell, purgatory, paradyse, & Limbus patrum. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 418 b There be sayd to be 4. Mansions in hell... The second Lymbus, a place for such as are not Baptised. a1623 W. Pemble Short Expos. Zachary (1629) 148 He..had ransomed the Fathers out of their Purgatory, or infernall Limbus. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §1000 As if all Spirits and Soules of Men, came forth out of one Divine Limbus. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §264. 194 The Limbus or Physitians purgatory. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. 121 The Papists..put Children..into a state call'd Limbus Infantum, wherein they do as it were eternally sleep. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 272 By the new French constitution, the best and the wisest representative go equally with the worst into this Limbus Patrum . View more context for this quotation †b. A prison; = limbo n.¹ 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] prisonOE wardc1290 prisoning1344 keepingc1384 imprisonment1389 prisonment1422 jail1447 fasteningc1460 warding1497 firmancea1522 incarcerationc1540 imprisoningc1542 limbo1590 limbus?a1600 endurance1610 jailing1622 restraint1829 carceration1870 holiday1901 Paddy Doyle1919 bird1924 ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 364 Laich in a lymbus, whair they lay, Then Lowrie lowsit them long or day. 2. Used technically in lit. sense of ‘border’ or ‘edge’; e.g. the ridge which borders the crater of a volcano; in Historical use, the rim of a crater or wine-bowl; in Botany = limb n.² 3d; in Conchology ‘the circumference of the valves of a bivalve shell from the disc to the border or margin’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888); also in Anatomy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > margin or periphery limbus1671 margin1675 submarginal1827 limbation1881 margination1954 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border > of something concave limbus1671 the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > quadrant or sextant > part of quadrant or sextant quadrat?c1400 geometrical square?a1560 plummet?a1560 limb1593 line of shadows1728 limbus1738 horizon-glass1774 1671 F. Willoughby in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2126 Having tipp'd the ends, inverted them, and fasten'd a Limbus or ring of soft wax to the great ends. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 613 Now we see plainly the smoke briskly issuing out of the Crater, the Limbus of which was all black. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 71 The Membrane or Valve on the Left side of the Foramen Ovale..extended almost over the hole, without any Limbus round its edges. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Limb, Limbus, the outermost border, or graduated edge of an astrolabe, quadrant, or the like mathematical instrument. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. L6 Limbus, the border or upper dilated part of a monopetalous corolla. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 62 Primula. 1...limbus of the cor. flat...3...limbus of the cor. concave. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 272 Round the crater is the limbus, which is a decorated border of floral or other ornaments. 1877 W. Turner Introd. Human Anat. II. vi. 368 Another membrane..arises from a denticulated spiral crest, the limbus or crista spiralis. 1954 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) i. 3 The cornea is set into the sclera like a watch glass so that the latter overlaps the cornea all round the periphery; the junction of the two tissues is known as the limbus. 1961 Lancet 22 July 166/2 The blade of the knife emerges 0·5–1·0 mm. on the corneal side of the limbus when the section is complete. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440
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