His bedstead, covered with a tumbled and ragged piece of patchwork, was in the den he had come from, where another little window showed a prospect of more stinging-nettles, and a lame donkey. (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Well, sir, not of much account but three of them have gone lame, sir. (Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift) The impression was, _A king lifting up a lame beggar from the earth_. A lame duck refers to a politician who is approaching the end of his or her term and a successor has already been chosen. informal : not strong, good, or effective : weak. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. The horse had gone lame, and it grew lamer. Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back. : having an injured leg or foot that makes walking difficult or painful. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. Jo happened to suit Aunt March, who was lame and needed an active person to wait upon her.īefore I explain, recall, if you please, my notice, clearly given, that if I helped you, it must be as the blind man would help the lame.Ĭaptain Harville was a tall, dark man, with a sensible, benevolent countenance a little lame and from strong features and want of health, looking much older than Captain Wentworth. Britannica Dictionary definition of LAME. I was stiff and lame, and cried out with pain when the bed-clothes touched my poor finger-ends.
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(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) 1300, from Proto-Germanic lamejanan (source also of Old Saxon lemon, Old Frisian lema, Dutch verlammen, German lhmen, Old Norse lemja 'thrash, flog, beat to lame, disable'), from the root of lame. (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) To come by the lame post (17c.-18c.) was an old colloquialism in reference to tardy mails or news out-of-date. (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) The crowd had thickened in front, so that the lame man and the girl had come to a stand.