Lameness
400. Lameness (See also Deformity.)
- Byron, Lord (1788–1824 ) limped because of his club foot. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 152]
- Carey, Philip schoolmates used his clubfoot as object of ridicule. [Br. Lit.: Of Human Bondage, Magill I, 670–672]
- Giles, St. patron of cripples; accidentally hobbled, refused cures. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 392]
- Henkies trows (goblins) who limp when dancing. [Scot. Folk-lore: Briggs, 219–220]
- Hephaestus blacksmith god; said to have been lamed when ejected from Olympus by Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 121]
- Mephibosheth crippled in childhood when nurse dropped him. [O.T.: II Samuel, 4:4]
- Oedipus lamed by Laius with a spike through his feet in infancy. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 730]
- Porgy crippled Negro beggar of Catfish Row. [Am. Lit.: Porgy, Magill I, 764–766]
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882–1945) 32nd president of U.S.; stricken with polio and confined to wheelchair. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2355]
- Tamerlane (1336–1405 ) Mongol conqueror, his name a corruption of Timur i Long (Timur the Lame). [Asian Hist.: Benét, 985]
- Tiny Tim crippled son of Bob Cratchit. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol ]
Lamentation (See GRIEF .)
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