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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Lim-,) Lym'd, ppl. a. [e.m.E. limmed (1605), limb'd, limned (1538): cf. Limning vbl. n.] Painted in tempera or watercolour. —16.. Inv. of Pictures in Hamilton Mun. MS. 65.
A lym'd peice of the devill temptinge Christe in the wilderness