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limn

[lim] / lɪm /
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One new Limn work, The Unsung, a choreographically skillful paean to America's vanquished Indian heroes, was imbued with all of the solemnity of an Indian sun dance and, unfortunately, much of its tedium.

From Time Magazine Archive

Limn thou, fantastic, free Blue sirens of the sea, And beasts of heraldry.

From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Lee, Agnes

Whereupon I gave him the gear and said to him, Limn for us a rare semblance.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Quoth the stranger, "Yes;" so he gave him tools and paints and said to him, "Limn for us a rare semblance."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir




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