Meaning of limbmeal | Babel Free

Definitions

Into pieces; limb from limb.

archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“O, that I had her here, to tear⟳ her limb-meal!”

“[…] they deal⟳ with Christ as a Kennel of Hounds do with an Hare, pluck him to pieces, wound and tear⟳ him, what in them lies, limb meal, neither his Blood, nor his Wounds, nor his Head, nor his Heart, nor any other part shall escape⟳, and they even dare Vengeance it self […]”

“1890, John Payne (translator), The Novels of Matteo Bandello Bishop of Agen, London: The Villon Society, Volume 5, Part 3, Story 24, pp. 323-324, Such was the end⟳ of that vile and wicked woman, worthy of a more cruel death and to be torn of dogs limbmeal.”

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