Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

Multi-Version Concordance Lameness (1 Occurrence) Deuteronomy 15:21 And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God. (See JPS NAS)