Maim

·vt 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.

II. Maim ·v 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.

III. Maim ·v The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. ·see Mayhem.

IV. Maim ·vt To Mutilate; to Cripple; to Injure; to Disable; to Impair.