v. t.
Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ F. enlumineur, LL. illuminator. See Limn, and cf. Alluminor. ] A painter; an artist; esp.:
n. [ Gr.
n. The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of shore birds including the dowitchers.
n. the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties. [ WordNet 1.5 ]