Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic, not comparable)Into pieces; limb from limb.

Origin

From Middle English lymmele, limmel, from Old English limmǣlum (“limbmeal, limb by limb”);

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

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