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(1):

(v. t.) To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(v.) The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Maim'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/maim.html. 1828.
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