Careful Words

lame (n.)

lame (v.)

lame (adj.)

She was a wight, if ever such wight were,—

  Des.  To do what?

  Iago.  To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.

  Des.  O most lame and impotent conclusion!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act ii. Sc. 1.

  I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Old Testament: Job xxix. 15.

  It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man you will learn to halt.

Plutarch (46(?)-120(?) a d): Of the Training of Children.