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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭm′nĭng or lĭm′ĭng)

Noun.

The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.

Adorned with illumination which we now call

limning

Wood.

ppr.

Drawing; painting; painting in water colors.

limning

limning ‎(plural limnings)

A depiction.
- 2009, Leanda de Lisle, The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
  In the limnings, or miniatures, painted by the court artist Lavina Teerlinc she resembles her lovely grandmother, the King's late younger sister, Mary Tudor, the French Queen.