maimed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maimed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for maimed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maimed adj having a part of the body crippled or disabled [syn: maimed, mutilated] n people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell" Synonym(s): wounded, maimed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maim \Maim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maimed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Maiming}.] [OE. maimen, OF. mahaignier, mehaignier, meshaignier, cf. It. magagnare, LL. mahemiare, mahennare; perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. mac'ha[?]a to mutilate, m[be]c'ha to crowd, press; or cf. OHG. mang[?]n to lack, perh. akin to E. mangle to lacerate. Cf. {Mayhem}.] 1. To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary. By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part. --Blackstone. 2. To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair. My late maimed limbs lack wonted might. --Spenser. You maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops. --Shak. Syn: To mutilate; mangle; cripple.