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limning
(encz) | limning,malba n: Jiří Drbálek |
limning
(encz) | limning,vykreslení n: v doslovném i přeneseném významu Jiří Drbálek |
Limning
(gcide) | Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).]
[OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to
illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See
Illuminate, Luminous.]
1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic
way with pencil or brush.
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Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of
faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir
T. Browne.
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2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
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3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental
figures, letters, or borders.
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Limning
(gcide) | Limning \Lim"ning\ (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng), n.
The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or
decoration so produced.
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Adorned with illumination which we now call limning.
--Wood.
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limning
(wn) | limning
n 1: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn:
delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing] |
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