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Tending to limit.

Placed at the limit, as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." Milton.

Bounded by a distinct line.

The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe. J. S. Mill.

Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] Mozley & W.…

With limitation.

The quality of being limited.

One who, or that which, limits.

Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers. [R.]

Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

See Limiter, 2.

Limber. [Obs.] Holland.

specially, 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.

A painter; an artist; esp.:

See Limoniad.

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.