Part 6547

<i>Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).</i>

<h1>Limitour</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"it*our</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Limiter</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Limmer</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Limber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Limmer</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Lim"mer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>limier</ets>. See <er>Leamer</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A limehound; a leamer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thieves, <b>limmers</b>, and broken men of the Highlands. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A man rope at the side of a ladder.</def>

<h1>Limn</h1> <Xpage=854>

<hw>Limn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Limned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Limning</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>limnen</ets>, fr. <ets>luminen</ets>, for <ets>enluminen</ets>, F. <ets>enluminer</ets> to illuminate, to limn, LL. <ets>illuminare</ets> to paint. <?/. See <er>Illuminate</er>, <er>Luminous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.</def>

<blockquote>Let a painter carelessly <b>limn</b> out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. <i>Sir T. Browne. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.</def>

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<h1>Lim n\'91a</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lim *n\'91"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ pertaining to a marsh, fr. <?/ a marsh.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also <altname>pond snail</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Lymn\'91a</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Limner</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lim"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>enlumineur</ets>, LL. <ets>illuminator</ets>. See <er>Limn</er>, and cf. <er>Alluminor</er>.]</ety> <def>A painter; an artist</def>; esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who paints portraits.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who illuminates books.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Limniad</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lim"ni*ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a pool.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>See <er>Limoniad</er>.</def>

<h1>Limning</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lim"ning</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.</def>

<blockquote>Adorned with illumination which we now call <b>limning</b>. <i>Wood.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Limoges</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Li*moges"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A city of Southern France.</def>