See Also: numb(2)(dictionary)
numb(medicine)
numb(1)(dictionary)
numb 1, adjective(dictionary)
numb 2, verb(dictionary)
firth(2)(dictionary)
firth(dictionary)
firth(1)(dictionary)
firth(medicine)
Moray Firth(encyclopedia)

numb(1) (iou) and firth (oh)


numb(1) (iou)



numb adjective. LME.
[from num pa. pple of NIM verb. For parasitic b cf. thumb. Cf. BENUMB.]
Deprived of feeling or the power of movement, esp. through extreme cold; incapable of sensation (lit. & fig.); (of a quality etc.) resulting from or characteristic of such deprivation. LME.
A. Paton His feet were cold and numb. P. G. Wodehouse Steve's faculties were rapidly becoming numb. S. Kitzinger She may be numb with shock.
Causing numbness. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Shakespeare Richard III He..did give himself, All thin and naked, to the numb cold night.
Special collocations & comb.: numb fish the electric ray or torpedo. numb hand arch. slang an inexpert and clumsy person. numbhead US colloq. [after numskull] a numskull, a blockhead. numbheaded adjective resembling a numskull, blockheaded. numb palsy paralysis.
numbly adverb L16.
numbness noun L16.
numby adjective (rare) numbed; somewhat numb: E17.

firth (oh)



a narrow area of sea between two areas of land, or the place where a river flows into the sea - used especially in Scotland
::the Firth of Forth