\Numb\, a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of
nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See {Nimble},
{Nomad}, and cf. {Benumb}.]
1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and
   motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the
   fingers or limbs are numb with cold. ``A stony image, cold
   and numb.'' --Shak.
2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
   [Obs.] --Shak.

\Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Numbing}.]
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to
stupefy.
      For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden.
      Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.       --Tennyson.