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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

3 entries under this word

Lin

Līn, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [Scot. leen, A-S. linnan, blinnan, Icel. linna, Prov. Dan. linne, linde, O. H. Ger. bilinnen, M. H. Ger. gelinnen, Goth. af-linnan. Cf. BLIN.] To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs.] Kiss, bless, adore it, Publius; never lin. Marston.

Līn, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To cease from. [Rare.] Milton.

Lĭn, n.

noun

n. [Ir. linn, Gael. linne, W. llyn, a pool, pond, lake; A-S. hlynna, brook, torrent. Cf. DUNLIN.]

  1. A pool or collection of water, particularly the one above or below a fall of water.
  2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, Corsa Lĭn, often spelt lyn. [Scot.]