Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 35
Limn (v. t.) 描寫；描繪 To draw or paint; especially, 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.
Limn (v. t.) Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
Limn (v.) Trace the shape of [syn: delineate, limn, outline].
Limn (v.) Make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn].
Limn (v. t.) (Limned; limning) To draw or paint on a surface.
// The artist limned a portrait.
Limn (v. t.) To outline in clear sharp detail : delineate.
// He was limned by a streetlight,
Limn (v. t.) Describe.
// The novel limns the frontier life of the settlers.
Limnaea (n.) (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail. [Written also Lymn[ae]a.]
Limner (n.) A painter; an artist; esp.:
Limner (n.) One who paints portraits.
Limner (n.) One who illuminates books. [Archaic]
Limner (n.) A painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist, portrait painter, portrayer, limner].
Compare: Limoniad
Limoniad (n.) [L. limoniades, pl.,] (Class. Myth.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
Limniad (n.) (Myth.) See Limoniad.
Limning (n.) The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. -- Wood.
Limning (n.) A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing].
Limoges (n.) A city of Southern France.
Limoges (n.) A variety of fine porcelain manufactured at Limoges[1]; also called Limoges ware or Limoges China.
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. () Articles decorated with Limoges enamel.
Limoges ware. () Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.
Limoniad (n.) (Class. Myth.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
Limonin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.
Limonite (n.) (Min.) 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.) (Med.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Limous (a.) Muddy; slimy; thick. -- Sir T. Browne.
Limousine (n.) [ C ] (Informal limo) A large, expensive car, often driven by a chauffeur (= a person employed to drive a car for someone else).
Limousine (n.) [ C ] (US) (Informal limo) A small bus to take people to and from an airport.
Limped (imp. & p. p.) of Limp.
Limping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limp.
Limp (v. i.) To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. -- Shak.
Limp (n.) A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a halt; the act of limping.
Limp (n.) (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Limp (a.) Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton.
Limp (a.) Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
Limp (a.) Not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: limp, wilted].
Limp (a.) Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip".
Limp (n.) The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg [syn: hitch, hobble, limp].
Limp (v.) Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: limp, gimp, hobble, hitch].
Limp (v.) Proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor".
LIMP, () ["Messages in Typed Languages", J. Hunt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(1):27-45 (Jan 1979)].
Limper (n.) One who limps.
Limper (n.) Someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait [syn: hobbler, limper].
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.
Note: The common European limpets of the genus Patella (esp. Patella vulgata) are extensively used as food. The common New England species is Acm[ae]a testudinalis. Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size.
Limpet (n.) Hence: Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person; specifically a military explosive device having magnets allowing it to cling to a metallic target object, such as the hull of a ship.
Limpet (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
Limpet (n.) Mollusk with a low conical shell.
Limpet (n.) Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas.
Limpid (a.) 清澈的；透明的；（文體等）暢達的；平靜的 Characterized by clearness or Limpid; clear; as, a limpid stream.
Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. -- Woodward.
Limpid (a.) Clear and unambiguous; lucid; easy to understand; -- of speech and writing; as, limpid prose.
Limpid (a.) Calm, untroubled, and without worry; serene.
Syn: Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.
Limpid (a.) Clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning";
"eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes" [syn: liquid, limpid].
Limpid (a.) Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent].
Limpid (a.) (Of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous].
Limpidity (n.) The quality or state of being limpid.
Limpidity (n.) Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression [syn: clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity] [ant: abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness, unclearness].
Limpidity (n.) Passing light without diffusion or distortion [syn: pellucidness, pellucidity, limpidity].
Limpidness (n.) Quality of being limpid; limpidity.
Limpin (n.) A limpet. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Limpingly (adv.) In a limping manner.
Limpitude (n.) Limpidity. [Obs.]
Limpkin (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Limpkin (n.) Wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call [syn: limpkin, Aramus pictus].
Limpness (n.) The quality or state of being limp.
Limpness (n.) A flabby softness [syn: flabbiness, limpness, flaccidity].
Limpsy (a.) Alt. of Limsy.
Limsy (a.) Limp; flexible; flimsy. [Local, U. S.]
Limu (n.) (Bot.) The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc.
Limule (n.) [F.] (Zool.) A limulus.
Limuloidea (n. pl.)
(Zool.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the
genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of
{Xiphosura"> the Carboniferous period. Called also {Xiphosura.
Note: There are six pairs of leglike organs,
surrounding the mouth, most of which terminate in claws; those of the
first pair (probably mandibles) are the smallest; the others have the
basal joints thickened and spinose, to serve as jaws, while the
terminal joints serve as legs. This group is intermediate, in some
characteristics, between crustaceans and certain arachnids (scorpions),
but the respiration is by means of lamellate gills borne upon the five
posterior abdominal appendages, which are flat and united in pairs by
their inner edges, and are protected by the lidlike anterior pair,
which also bear the genital orifices.
Limuli (n. pl. ) of
Limulus
Limulus (n.) (Zool.) 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 snares." -- Spenser.
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. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Marston.
Lin (v. t.) To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
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.
Note: Written also linn and lyn.
Arecoline (n.) Also - lin. An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
Syn: arecholine; arecaline; methylarecaidin; methyl N-methyltetrahydronicotinate; 1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester.
Lin (n.) United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959) [syn: Lin, Maya Lin].
LIN, () Local Interconnect Network [bus]
Linage (n.) See Lineage. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Linage (n.) The number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: linage, lineage].
Linage (n.) A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage, lineage].
Linament (n.) (Surg.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
Linarite (n.) (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.
Linch (n.) [AS. hlinc a hill.] A ledge; a right-angled projection.
Linchi (n.) (Zool.) An esculent swallow.
Linchpin (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.
Linchpin (n.) A central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin].
Linchpin (n.) Pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on [syn: linchpin, lynchpin].
Lincoln green () A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.
Lincture (n.) Alt. of Linctus.
Linctus (n.) [L. lingere, linctum, to lick.] Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
Lind (n.) The linden. See Linden. -- Chaucer.
Lind (n.) Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887) [syn: Lind, Jenny Lind, Swedish Nightingale].
Linden (n.) (Bot.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
Linden (n.) (Bot.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.
Lindia (n.) [NL.] (Zool.) 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.) (Zool.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larv[ae]. [See Illust. under Larva.].
Line (n.) Flax; linen. [Obs.] "Garments made of line." -- Spenser.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.
The inside lined with rich carnation silk. -- W. Browne.
Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto. -- Carew.
Till coffee has her stomach lined. -- Swift.
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 and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant. -- Shak.
Line (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. -- Creech.
Lined gold, gold foil having a lining of another metal.
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.
Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. -- Piers Plowman.
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.) (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. -- Broome.
Line (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. -- Coleridge.
Line (n.) (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
Line (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. -- Milton.
Line (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
Though on his brow were graven lines austere. -- Byron.
He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. -- Cleveland.
Line (n.) Lineament; feature; figure. "The lines of my boy's face." -- Shak.
Line (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
Unite thy forces and attack their lines. -- Dryden.
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.
Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. -- Chaucer.
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.) (Geog.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
Line (n.) (Geog.) 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.) (Script.) A measuring line or cord.
He marketh it out with a line. -- Is. xliv. 13.
Line (n.) (Script.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. -- Ps. xvi. 6.
Line (n.) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. -- Ps. xix. 4.
Line (n.) (Mach.) 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.) (Mil.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
Line (n.) (Mil.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
Line (n.) (Fort.) A trench or rampart.
Line (n.) (Fort.) pl. 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.) (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.