1. limning - Noun
2. limning - Verb
of Limn
The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBätschmann & Griener, 194. At the end of the 16th century, the miniature portraitist Nicholas Hilliard spoke in his treatise Arte of Limning of his debt to Holbein: "Holbein's manner have I ever imitated, and hold it for the best". Source: Internet