Limn (v. t.) To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
Lim naea (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.
Limner (n.) A painter; an artist
Limner (n.) One who paints portraits.
Limner (n.) One who illuminates books.
Limniad (n.) See Limoniad.
Limning (n.) The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
Limoges (n.) A city of Southern France.
Limoniad (n.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
Limonin (n.) A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.
Limonite (n.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.
Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Limous (a.) Muddy; slimy; thick.
Limped (imp. & p. p.) of Limp
Limping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limp
Limp (v. i.) To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.
Limp (n.) A halt; the act of limping.
Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Limp (a.) Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
Limp (a.) Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
Limper (n.) One who limps.
Limpet (n.) In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
Limpet (n.) Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
Limpet (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
Limpid (a.) Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.
Limpidity (n.) The quality or state of being limpid.
Limpidness (n.) Quality of being limpid; limpidity.
Limpin (n.) A limpet.
Limpingly (adv.) In a limping manner.
Limpitude (n.) Limpidity.
Limpkin (n.) Either one of two species 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.
Limpness (n.) The quality or state of being limp.
Limpsy (a.) Alt. of Limsy
Limsy (a.) Limp; flexible; flimsy.
Limu (n.) The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc.
Limule (n.) A limulus.
Limuloidea (n. pl.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.
Limuli (pl. ) of Limulus
Limulus (n.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.
Limy (a.) Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.
Limy (a.) Containing lime; as, a limy soil.
Limy (a.) Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.
Lin (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.
Lin (v. t.) To cease from.
Lin (n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
Lin (n.) A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
Lin (n.) A steep ravine.
Linage (n.) See Lineage.
Linament (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
Linarite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.
Linch (n.) A ledge; a right-angled projection.
Linchi (n.) An esculent swallow.
Linchpin (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.
Lincoln green () A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.
Lincture (n.) Alt. of Linctus
Linctus (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
Lind (n.) The linden. See Linden.
Linden (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
Linden (n.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.
Lindia (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.
Lindiform (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.
Line (n.) Flax; linen.
Line (n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax.
Lined (imp. & p. p.) of Line
Lining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Line
Line (v. t.) To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
Line (v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
Line (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
Line (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
Line (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.
Line (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
Line (n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
Line (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
Line (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
Line (n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
Line (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
Line (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
Line (n.) Lineament; feature; figure.
Line (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
Line (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
Line (n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
Line (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
Line (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
Line (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
Line (n.) A measuring line or cord.
Line (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
Line (n.) Instruction; doctrine.
Line (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
Line (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
Line (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
Line (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
Line (n.) A trench or rampart.
Line (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
Line (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.