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What does the word extremity mean?

A limb or end of a part, as the leg.
The outermost; the end or termination of a thing. The limbs, acroteria, have been no called, -as the upper and lower extremities. See Membrum. It has been, also, used to express the last moments of life; as when we say, a patient is in 'extremity,' ( F.)

Usage examples for extremity

On the morning of the 16th we proceeded to Koteah Shroof, the whole distance being about ten miles: but the first three brought us to the extremity of the beautiful valley through which we had been travelling ever since we left Cabul. – A Peep into Toorkisthhan by Rollo Burslem

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What does the word extremity mean?

Usage examples for extremity