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LAMES
Etymology 1
Verb
lames
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lame
Etymology 2
Noun
lames pl (plural only)
Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour.
Anagrams
• EMALS, Lemas, MELAS, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal, semla
Source: Wiktionary
Lames, n. pl. Etym: [F. lame a thin plate, L. lamina.] (Armor)
Definition: Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the form a piece of armor.
LAME
Lame, a. [Compar. Lamer; superl. Lamest.] Etym: [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. "A lame endeavor." Barrow. O, most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Lame duck (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant]
Lame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Laming.]
Definition: To make lame. If you happen to let child fall and lame it. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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