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"limb" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often arm (3 letters).
Definitions
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
Word origin
From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”).
Used in a sentence
“UUhoſe hands are made to gripe a warlike Lance— Their ſhoulders broad, for complet armour fit, Their lims more large and of a bigger ſize Than all the brats yſprong from Typhons loins:”
“That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.”
“They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Arm or leg”4 letters
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