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Limned
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. Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
Limner
Limner Lim"ner (l[i^]m"n[~e]r), n. [F. enlumineur, LL. illuminator. See Limn, and cf. Alluminor.] A painter; an artist; esp.: (a) One who paints portraits. (b) One who illuminates books. [Archaic]
Slimness
Slimness Slim"ness, n. The quality or state of being slim.

Meaning of Limne from wikipedia

- Maeotian Swamp or Maeotian Marshes (Ancient Gr****: ἡ Μαιῶτις λίμνη, hē Maiōtis límnē, literally Maeotian Lake; Latin: Palus Maeotis) was a name applied in antiquity...
- (Turkish: Ladik Gölü; Ancient Gr****: Στιφάνη Λίμνη, romanized: Stiphane Limne) is a lake in Samsun Province, Asiatic Turkey. Anciently it was called Stiphane...
- Gr**** word λειμών (leimṓn [leː.mɔ̌ːn]), meaning "wet meadow", or λίμνη (límnē [lím.nɛː]), meaning "marshy lake", as an allusion to its occurrence as bog...
- Phoenicus Portus or Limne Phoinikous (Ancient Gr****: λιμὴν Φοινικοῦς) may refer to: Phoenicus (Cythera), a harbour town of ancient Cythera Phoenicus (Messenia)...
- Wildlife & Environment Society Asociación pola defensa da ría Fundación Limne Pro Natura Swiss ****ociation for the Protection of Birds Ecology and Po****tion...
- known as the Maeotis Swamp (Ancient Gr****: ἡ Μαιῶτις λίμνη, hē Maiōtis límnē; Latin: Palus Maeotis) from the marshlands to its northeast. It remains...
- it "the Lake of Gennesaret" (Luke 5:1), from the Gr**** λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ (limnē Gennēsaret), the "Grecized form of Chinnereth" according to Easton (1897)...
- on the southern s**** of the Butic Lake (Gr****: Βουτικὴ λίμνη, Boutikē limnē). Today, it is called Tell El Fara'in ("Hill of the Pharaohs"), near the...
- that mention a "lake of fire" (Ancient Gr****: λίμνη τοῦ πυρός, romanized: limne tou pyros): And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that...
- Serbonian Bog (Gr****: Σιρβωνίδος λίμνη, romanized: Sirbōnidos limnē, Latin: Sirbonis Lacus, Arabic: مستنقع سربون, romanized: Mustanqaʿ Sirbūn) was an...