Definition of limn

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Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders..

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Limner :: Limner (n.) One who illuminates books.
Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..
Frogbit :: Frogbit (n.) An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar habits..
Slimly :: Slimly (adv.) In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.
Limner :: Limner (n.) A painter; an artis.
Slimness :: Slimness (n.) The quality or state of being slim.
Limniad :: Limniad (n.) See Limoniad.
Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders..
Gribble :: Gribble (n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America..
Limned :: Limned (imp. & p. p.) of Lim.
Limning :: Limning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lim.
Pulmonata :: Pulmonata (n. pl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis..
Limning :: Limning (n.) The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced..
Enlimn :: Enlimn (v. t.) To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript..
Dislimn :: Dislimn (v. t.) To efface, as a picture..
Alluminor :: Alluminor (n.) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
Limoniad :: Limoniad (n.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
Water Snail :: Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail..
Limner :: Limner (n.) One who paints portraits.
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..
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