LAME, adjective 1. Crippled or disabled in a limb, or otherwise injured so as to be unsound and impaired in strength; as a lame arm or leg, or a person lame in one leg. 2. Imperfect; not satisfactory; as a lame excuse. 3. Hobbling; not smooth; as numbers in verse. LAME, verb transitive To make lame; to cripple or disable; to render imperfect and unsound; as, to lame an arm or a leg.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI