v. [UN-2 4.] trans. To dismember.
1694. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. liii. 208. Batter ’em, burst ’em, quarter ’em, unlimb ’em,… these wicked Heretics.
1869. J. Conington, Horace, Sat. (1874), 17. Still The bard remains, unlimb him as you will.
v. [UN-2 4.] trans. To dismember.
1694. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. liii. 208. Batter ’em, burst ’em, quarter ’em, unlimb ’em,… these wicked Heretics.
1869. J. Conington, Horace, Sat. (1874), 17. Still The bard remains, unlimb him as you will.
