Limbmeal

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Into pieces; limb from limb. archaic, not-comparable

    "O, that I had her here, to tear her limb-meal!"

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"O, that I had her here, to tear her limb-meal!"

Etymology

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

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