Limn, lim, v.t. to draw or paint, esp. in water-colours: (orig.) to illuminate with ornamental letters, &c.—n. Lim′ner, one who limns or paints on paper or parchment: a portrait-painter. [Contr. of O. Fr. enluminer—L. illumināre.]
Limonite, lī′mō-nīt, n. an iron ore—also Brown hematite and Brown iron ore.—adj. Limonit′ic. [Gr. leimōn, a meadow.]
Limosis, lī-mō′sis, n. a morbidly ravenous appetite. [Gr. limos, hunger.]
Limp, limp, adj. wanting stiffness, flexible: weak, flaccid. [According to Skeat, a nasalised form of lip, a weakened form of lap, as seen in Eng. lap, a flap; cf. prov. Ger. lampen, to hang loosely down.]
Limp, limp, v.i. to halt: to walk lamely—fig. as 'limping verses.'—n. act of limping: a halt.—p.adj. Limp′ing, having the imperfect movement of one who limps.—adv. Limp′ingly. [Prob. conn. with preceding. There is an A.S. adj. lemp-healt, halting.]
Limpet, lim′pet, n. a small shellfish which clings to intertidal rocks. [A.S. lempedu, lamprede, lamprey.]
Limpid, lim′pid, adj. clear: shining: transparent: pure.—ns. Limpid′ity, Lim′pidness.—adv. Lim′pidly. [Fr.,—L. limpidus, liquidus, liquid.]
Lin, lin, v.i. (Spens.) to cease, to give over.—v.t. to cease from. [A.S. linnan, to cease.]
Linament, lin′a-ment, n. lint: a tent for a wound. [L.]
Linch, linsh, n. a ridge of land, a boundary, a cliff.—n. Linch′et, a terrace seen on the slopes of the chalk, oolitic, and liassic escarpments in Bedfordshire, Somerset, &c. [A.S. hlinc, a ridge of land.]