n. 25B6; noun
his sore limbs : ARM, LEG, appendage; archaic member.
the limbs of the tree : BRANCH, bough.
local job centres act as limbs of the Ministry : SECTION, branch, offshoot, arm, wing, subdivision, department, division.
25A0; out on a limb
the portrayal of Scotland as being out on a limb : ISOLATED, segregated, set apart, separate, cut off, solitary.
the government would not go out on a limb : IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION, vulnerable; informal sticking one's neck out.