the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of delineating, as by means of pencil or brush.
n. That which is limned; a delineation, literally or figuratively.
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n. a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Word Usage
"Huneven has a knack for limning the limits of guilt, and as her protagonist takes stock and charge of a too-lived-in life, the outlands of moral ambiguity begin to appear as sunken gardens of familiarity, blooming with humaneness."