
| Limitary (Lim"i*ta*ry) (?), a. [L.limitaris. See Limit , v. t.] 1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." Milton. 2. 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. 3. Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive. "Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power." Milman. Limitary (Lim"i*ta*ry), n.; pl. -ries (¿). 1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] Fuller. 2. A limiter. See Limiter, 2. |
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