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limner (lĭm`nər), the work of untrained, generally anonymous artists active in the English American colonies. Characteristic examples of their paintings show flat, awkward, often frontal figures in richly detailed costumes and landscape settings copied from European prints. The limner tradition extended well into the 19th cent.

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No references found			Having therefore engaged the limner (for what could I do? English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context "That is Wat the limner," quoth the landlady, sitting down beside Alleyne, and pointing with the ladle to the sleeping man. The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Macaulay is a masterly limner of the external side of life, but he is scarcely conscious of the interior world in which the finer spirits live and work out their destinies. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context			limited-entry decision table limited-pressure cycle limited-rotation hydraulic actuator limited-sequence robot Limiter limiter circuit Limiter Diode Limiter, Current limiting limiting current density limiting density limiting friction limiting height Limiting Magnitude of a Telescope limiting mean limiting oxygen index Limiting Point limiting ray limiting reagent limiting viscosity number limits limits of integration limivorous Limkins, Mr. Limnebiidae limner limnetic Limnic Coal Formation Limnichidae limnimeter limnite Limnocharitaceae limnograph Limnology Limnomedusae Limnophilous Animals limnoplankton Limnoriidae Limnos Límnos Limoges Limoges Enamel Limoges painted enamel Limoges ware Limon Limón Limon, José Limón, José Limonene limoniads limoniform			Limkins, Mr. Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology Limkokwing University College of Creative Technology LIML LIMLD LIMLF LIMM Limma LIMMD Limmel Limmel Limmel Limmer Limmerick Limmerick Limmerick LIMMS limn limn limn limn Limnades Limnades Limnaea Limnatis Limnatis africana Limnatis nilotica Limnebiidae limned limned limner limners limners limners LIMNET limnetic limnetic Limniad Limnic Limnic Limnic Coal Formation Limnichidae limnimeter limning limning limning limnite Limnobium Limnocharitaceae Limnocryptes Limnocryptes minima Limnodium spongia Limnodophyte Limnodophyte Limnodromus Limnodromus Limnodromus griseus Limnodromus scolopaceus limnograph limnological limnological

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