From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Limning \Lim"ning\ (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng), 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Limned} (l[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limning} (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).] [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See {Illuminate}, {Luminous}.]
1. 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.
2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms. [PJC]
3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: {delineation}, {depiction}, {line drawing}]
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