Lim"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L.limitaris. See Limit , v. t.]
1.
Placed at the limit, as a guard.
"Proud
limitary cherub."
Milton.
2.
Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.
"The
limitary ocean."
Trench.
The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world.
De Quincey.
3.
Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.
Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power.
Milman.
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Lim"i*ta*ry, n.; pl. -ries ().
1.
That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
2.
A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
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