What does "limitary" mean?
Limitary: Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. "The limitary ocean." Trench. The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey.
Additional senses
- 2.Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive. Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power. Milman.
- 3.That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] Fuller.
- 4.A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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