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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Limitary

/(lĭm"ĭ*tā̇*ry̆)/ · Lim·i·ta·ry · IPA /ˈlɪmɪˌtɛɹi/
01 a. Placed at the limit, as a guard.
  1. 1.
    Placed at the limit, as a guard.
  2. 2.
    Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.
    “The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world.” — De Quincey.
  3. 3.
    Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.
    “Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power.” — Milman.
02 n. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
pl. limitaries ((lĭm"ĭ*tā̇*rĭz))
  1. 1.
    That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A limiter. See Limiter, 2. See: Limiter