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Lameness See also Deformity. Lamentation (See GRIEF.) Byron, Lord (1788–1824) limped because of his club foot. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 152] schoolmates used his clubfoot as object of ridicule. [Br. Lit.: Of Human Bondage, Magill I, 670–672] patron of cripples; accidentally hobbled, refused cures. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 392] trows (goblins) who limp when dancing. [Scot. Folk-lore: Briggs, 219–220] blacksmith god; said to have been lamed when ejected from Olympus by Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 121]
crippled in childhood when nurse dropped him. [O.T.: II Samuel, 4:4] lamed by Laius with a spike through his feet in infancy. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 730] crippled Negro beggar of Catfish Row. [Am. Lit.: Porgy, Magill I, 764–766] (1882–1945) 32nd president of U.S.; stricken with polio and confined to wheelchair. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2355] (1336–1405) Mongol conqueror, his name a corruption of Timur i Long (Timur the Lame). [Asian Hist.: Benét, 985] crippled son of Bob Cratchit. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] |
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| The Wolf, coming up, inquired the cause of his lameness. If I might advise, sir, you had better drive him gently for awhile; the foot is a good deal hurt, and the lameness will not go off directly. Philip felt that his lameness began to irritate him. |
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