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LlM3URG . the c"pital
oC
a dutchy
oC
Ihe f.lmc name,
L
N
W, iong, 27', N. lit.
53·
16'. Itfcnds two members
to
parlIJOI~nt.
in the :\ultrian
N~lhcrlan¿',
t\Vcnly miles Coulh·e,tt
oC
Li~g~:
E.
long
6"
S',
and N. laL
50·
37'.
LI ME.
S~eC HE"ISTRY,
p.
76.
LlMERIC, the capilal
oC
a county
oC
Ihdame name
in Iceland, filuatlJ on Ihe river Sh.nnon, fiCly tu/o
",iles north
oC
Cork:
W.
long. S030', N. lat
51°
3
S'.
LlMI , GTON, or LE'fl NG TON, a borough.tolVn
oC
Hamplhire, IU/dve miles (olllh.wcn
oC
SoulhamplOn.
1t It n,ls IWO memuers to p.rliJOlcnt.
L1~Jll',
in a rellr.ineMcnfe, is u(ed by Olarhemalicians
for a delerminm quanlily
10
which a variableonecon·
tinually
appr"<ch~s ;
in which fenfe, Ihe cirele may be
(aid
tu
be Ihe limil
oC
its circumCcribed and inCcribed
polygons. In algeura , rhe lerm limil! i! applied
10
tu/o quanlitics, one
oC
which il gréater, and Iheolher
le(s, than anolher quantit y and in ,Ihis Ccufe il is uCed,
in fpe,king of the limils
oC
equa:ions,
whm~y
their
(olulion is Olueh Ca ililaled. Sce ALGEBRA.
LI~l N ING.
lhe;n
oC
pai nling inwmr·eolours, in con·
mdifiinéli0n to painting, I'hich is dooe in oil·colours.
See PAISTiNG.
Limning is by far more ancient thanpainting in oi! ;
this Jan beinglirn invented by JohnVan Eych, afie·
mifh painter, in
'410,
In limning, all colours are proper enough , execpt
!he white,
mad~
oC
lime, whieh is only ufed in
Crc(co.
The azure and ultramarine mun alU/ay, be mixt with
he
or gum: uut there are alway' appli,d tWO lay'
oC
hot fize, beCore Ihe fize colours are laid on: Ihe co–
loursareall ground in water, each {'yilrelt, and, as they
are required iD working, are diluted with fize water.
Whlnthe piece is finiOled, they go over it ",ith the
white
oC
an etg, ",ell beaten; and Ihen
~ ith
varnilh,
if required.
To limn or draIV a face in colours: having all the
materials in readine(s, lay the prepared colour on the
cud even and Ihin, Cree from hairs and fpOIS, Over the
place whm the piélure is to be. The ground being
I.id,and Ihe parly placed in a due pofilion, begin the
work; ",hich is tO be done at Ihree fittings. At the
firfi, you
are
onlyro dead·colour Ihe faee. whieh ",iJl
require abuul tVIOhours. At the fecond fitting , go
o.erthe IVork more curioufiy , adtling irs panieulu
grarcs or deCormilies. At the thirel fittiog, finiO, the
whole; carefully renmking ",halever may conduce to
render Ihe picce perCeél, as the can oClhe eyes, moles,
fc~rs.
genules, and Ihe like.
LIMODORUM, in bOlany, a gcnus of Ihe gynandria
diandri. claCs. The nellarium eonfills of one concave,
pedicell:.ted leaC, filuale ",ilh the
und~rnlOrl
petal.
There is bUI one
Cp~cies,
a nalive of NOllh Ameriea.
LIMON. Ste CITRUS,
UMOSELL.t\, in
bNa~y,
a gcnus of Ihe dielynamia
angiofpe,miachfs, The calix cnofillsof fi'e frgmcnls,
and rhe eorolla of five equal d,v,fions; lhe /lamino are
apprnxiOlated in pairs ; and Ihe eaprule has one ceU
an~
tu/o val.(s, containing many (ceds.
tIMPET.
See PATr.LLA ,
LI NAR IA. in ornilh"log)'. Sce FK'NGILLA.
LINCOLN, the capital cily of Ihe couDly of Lineoln:
L1NE,
in ceoOlclr)', aqUlOlity eXlended in lenglh only,
Wllhout any breadlh or
Ihickn~rs
It
is formcd by Ihe
flux or
0101
ionof a point. Sce FLUXIO NS, and Ga.
OM6TKY.
Lr Ni, in Ihe art
oC
.'ar,
is underflood of the dirpofition
of an army, ranged in order of balde, Wilh Ihe (ront
extended as
C.r
as may be, lha it may not be flanked.
L' N¡
0[0"1/1"
is . Ifo underllood
oC
the dirpofilion of a
Reet on the day
oC
Ihe engagement, on whieh oe,:afioo
the ve([el. are u(ua/ly drawn up as mueh as pollible in
a Ilraight line, as we/l to gain and keep the advaolage
oC
Ihe IVind, as ro run the fame uoard,
Ship _{ /h,
LIN E, a
.drd
large enough to be drawn up
in the line, and
10
have
a
place in a (ea·fight.
LIN a, in genealogy,
a
feries or (uceellion
oC
reblions in
various degrees, all de(cending Crom Ihe fame eommon
C'lher.
LINi alCo denotes a Frcnch meafure, conlaioing the
tlVelClh par! of aninch, or the hundred and fOrly.Courth
par! of a fOOL
GeometriciJns coneei.e the line rubo
divided into fix point.. The Freneh /ine aor",ers to
thc"Englifh uarley corno
LI HES, in heraldry, the figures ufed in armories, to
divide the fhie/d into dilfercnt pam, and to compofe
dilferent figures. Thefe lines, according to Iheir dilo
ferent Corms and oames, give denoOlination tothe piece.
'or figures
~hieh
they form, exeept theflraight or plain
Jines.
LINEA ALBA, in anatomy. See ANATO " V, p. 191.
LINEAMENT, among paioters, is ured for Ihe out·/ines
of
a
Cace.
LINEAR NUMURS, io malhematies) fueh as have re·
lalion to lenglh only; ruch is
a
number whieh repre·
feolS one fide of a plane figure. IC the plane figure be
a
(quare. the linear number is called a root.
LINEARPROOLEM, thu whieh may
~e
folved
geometri–
cally by Ihe inlerCeélion of two righl lines. This is
ca/led a fimple
probl.em, aod is capable but
uf
one fo–
lution,
L1NEN. See LINHEN.
LINO, in ichthyology. See GADUS.
UNGEN, a IOwn of Ccrmany, in the eirele ofWelf–
phalia. capital
oC
a coonly
01'
the (ame name, filuatcd
00
the river EOls, fOrly five miles oOrlh
01'
Muon.r.
LINGUATULA, iD iehtbyology.
See PLEURO'
NECTES ,
LINIMENT, in pharmacy, acompofilion
oC
d
confiflence
(omelVhat Ihinner than anunguent, and Ihieker Ihanan
oil, ur,d
Cor
anointing ditrertnl pam of Ihe bodyin
ya.
rioU! intcntions.
. The malerials proper
fOT
eompofing of
a
liniment,
are oils, fals , balfams. •nd IVhalcver enters lhe como
pofi'ion of
on~uenl'
and plaflm,
Ll NUTlI GOW, a lownof Scotbnd, in the counlyof
LOlhi.n, capilal
oC
IheCOUl1ly
~f
Linlilhgo"" fitum d
fiXlcen miles
\VeU
01'
Edinuurgh.
LI NN}L~,
in bOlany,
a
~"nus
oC
Ihe didynamia angio.
(pel
mi,
elafs. TIte (JI,X is nouule; the corolla
is
udl flllred
j
ano Ihc
lwy
is dry, and contains
1\\'0
[ted" .