extremities

Extremity \Ex*trem"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Extremities}. [L. extremitas:
   cf. F. extr['e]mit['e].]
   1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or
      remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.
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            They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of
            Ethiopia.                             --Arbuthnot.
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   2. (Zo["o]l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a
      limb; a leg or an arm of man.
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   3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or
      intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." --Ray.
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   4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering;
      greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
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            Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a
            compulsion shall here be set in view. --Milton.
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            Upon mere extremity he summoned this last
            Parliament.                           --Milton.

   Syn: Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.
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