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A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
Answer for the clue "A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure ", 6 letters:
limbus
Word definitions for limbus in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin, literally "edge, border" (see limb (n.2)). In Medieval Latin, "region on the border of Hell," and thus sometimes used in English for limbo (n.1).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure [also: limbi (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limbo \Lim"bo\ (l[i^]m"b[-o]), Limbus \Lim"bus\ (l[i^]m"b[u^]s), n. [L. limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border.] (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment. As far ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine biology English) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Limbuš is a village on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia . It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor . The local parish church is dedicated to Saint James and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ...
Usage examples of limbus.
Then they camouflaged their gear and bikes, and carried the unmounted radio, walked a quarter of a mile, north along a ridge line - caught the sun coming over the right of the church spire at Limbus, and camped themselves less than a mile from, and in full view of, the Maribor road.
With the tail end of the movement barely out of town, my father made a raid on a Limbus dairy and came back with milk and cheese.
This was quite Irish-like, since according to English Law a marriage is a marriage until Limbus congeals and is used for a skating-rink.