gimp

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A narrow flat braid or rounded cord of fabric used for trimming. Also called guimpe, guipure.
2. n. A limp or a limping gait.
3. n. A person who limps.
4. v. To walk with a limp.
5. n. Spirit; pep.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A coarse thread used in some kinds of pillow-lace to form the edges or outlines of the design.
2. n. A flat trimming made of silk, worsted, or other cord, usually stiffened by wire and more or less open in design, used for borders for curtains or furniture, trimming for women's gowns, etc.
3. To make or furnish with gimp.
4. To jag; denticulate.
5. Another spelling of jimp.
6. n. In angling, a line in which fine wire is woven, or which is bound or wound with wire to increase its strength.
7. To weave or bind wire into a fabric or cord to stiffen it.

Wiktionary

1. adj. dated, Scotland and N England Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
2. n. A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
3. n. Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
4. n. The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
5. n. dated Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep.
6. v. of yarn, etc. To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating gimped yarn, etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
7. v. dated To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
8. n. informal A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
9. n. informal A crippled leg.
10. n. informal A limp or a limping gait.
11. n. slang, derogatory A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
12. n. BDSM A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
13. v. informal To limp; to hobble.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Obs. or Prov. Eng. Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
2. n. A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
3. v. To notch; to indent; to jag.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
2. n. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet