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Limning

noun
1.
A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects.  Synonyms: delineation, depiction, line drawing.



Limn

verb
(past & past part. limned; pres. part. limning)
1.
Trace the shape of.  Synonyms: delineate, outline.
2.
Make a portrait of.  Synonyms: depict, portray.



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"Limning" Quotes from Famous Books



... sisters was the wife of Cooper, the well-known portrait-painter. Mrs. Cooper was the poet's godmother; she died when he was five years old, leaving to her sister, Mrs. Pope, a "grinding-stone and muller," and their mother's "picture in limning;" and to her nephew, the little Alexander, all her "books, pictures, and medals set in ...
— Alexander Pope - English Men of Letters Series • Leslie Stephen

... seen you so passionately addicted, Pyrophilus to the delightful Art of Limning and Painting, that I cannot but think my self obliged to acquaint you with some of those things that have occurred to mee concerning the changes of Colours. And I may expect that I shall as well serve ...
— Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) • Robert Boyle



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