My late maimed limbs lack wonted might.
Spenser.
You maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops.
Shak.
Syn. -- To mutilate; mangle; cripple.
Maim, n. [Written in law language maihem, and mayhem.] [OF. mehaing.
See Maim, v.] 1. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the
body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy
his adversary.
2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation;
injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.
Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a maim
than the use of it a blemish.
Hooker.
A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of
Parliament should not be recited.
Hayward.
Maim"ed*ly (?), adv. In a maimed manner.
Maim"ed*ness, n. State of being maimed. Bolton.
Main (?), n. [F. main hand, L. manus. See Manual.] 1. A hand or match
at dice. Prior. Thackeray.