_limb_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57597

limb v He said when his grandfather was sick he went over to see him. Everybody was around and asking him how he was + so on. My friend told me he asked his grandfather how he was feeling and his grandfather replied _"You can't _limb_ a tree with a branch."_ My friend didn't know what was meant by it and neither do I. [check] ITEM, OR COMMENT, continued: DNE-cit P+ dialect Work Set also typed JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 11 Jun 2015, stamped but not used