Mining. An instrument used for throwing off the refuse from the ore in the operation of jigging (see quots.).
1747. Hooson, Miner’s Dict., Limp [is] a very small and thin Piece of Board, shaped almost half round, and it is Shod on the circular edge with Iron.
1778. Pryce, Min. Cornub., 323. The uppermost light stony waste may be easily separated and skimmed off by a piece of semicircular board, called a Limp.
1875. in J. H. Collins, Metal Mining, Gloss.
1881. in Raymond, Mining Gloss.
