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The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced. Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. Wood.

A city of Southern France. Limoges enamel, a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. -- Limoges ware. (a) Articles decorated with Limoge…

A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.

A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.

Hydrous sesquixoide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.

A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.

Muddy; slimy; thick. Sir T. Browne.

An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupé, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front; also, an automobile with such a body.

A halt; the act of limping.

One who limps.

Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.

Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward.

The quality or state of being limpid.

Quality of being limpid; limpidity.

A limpet. [Obs.] Holland.

In a limping manner.

Limpidity. [Obs.]

ecies of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.…

The quality or state of being limp.

Limp; flexible; flimsy. [Local, U. S.]