*imbu*

n. The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one's purse. See Burse, and Purse. ] To supply or stock with money. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money laid up in stock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An imbuing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., } pos>n. A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ L. limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border. ] 1. (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Limbo large and broad, since called
The Paradise of fools. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time; as, the proposal was left in limbo while opponents and proponents refused to compromise. [ PJC ]

4. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Nimbi E. Nimbuses [ L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth. ] 1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The nimbus is of pagan origin.” “As an attribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.” Fairholl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Meteor.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. remboursable. ] Capable of being repaid; repayable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reimbursed p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing. ] [ Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser. ] 1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rembursement. ] The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reimburses. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n., A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger. It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall. Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export. The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc. The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826. Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia. Population, 13, 000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January. Student's Cyclopedia, 1897. [ PJC ]