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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Linc'ture or Linc'tus, n.p. 776Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
  2. Lĭnd, n.p. 776The linden.
  3. Lin'den, n.p. 776(Bot.) (a.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europæa), having panicles of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves, common in Europe. (b.) In America, the bass-wood, or Tilia Americana.
  4. Līne, n.p. 776A linen thread or string; a slender cord; a length of twine; as, a fishing-line, a hauling-line, a clothes-line, and the like. 2. Lint or flax. [Obs.] [Written also linne.] “Garments made of line.”…
  5. Līne, v. t.p. 776To mark out with lines or thread-like strokes; to cover with lines. He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. Dickens. 2. To cover or put in the…
  6. Līn'e-age, n.p. 776Race; progeny; descendants in a line from a common progenitor.
  7. Line-al, a.p. 776Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. Walton. 2. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; as, lineal descent; lineal succession. And for the same…
  8. Lĭn'e-ăl'i-ty, n.p. 776The state of being in the form of a line. [Rare.]
  9. Lin'e-al-ly, adv.p. 776In a direct line; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
  10. Lin'e-a-ment, n.p. 776The outline or exterior of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark. “The lineaments of the body.” Locke. “Lineaments of a character.” Swift. Man he seems In all his…
  11. Lĭn'e-ar, a.p. 776Pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction. 2. (Bot.) Like a line; slender; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. Linear equation…
  12. Lĭn'e-ar-ĕn'sate, a.p. 776(Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.
  13. Lĭn'e-ar-shāped, a.p. 776Of a linear shape.
  14. Lĭn'e-a-ry, a.p. 776The same as LINEAR. [Obs.] Holland.
  15. Lĭn'e-ate or Lĭn'e-ā'ted, a.p. 776(Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.
  16. Lĭn'e-ā'tion, n.p. 776The same as DELINEATION.
  17. Line'-man, n.p. 776One who carries the line in surveying, &c.
  18. Lĭn'en, n.p. 776Thread or cloth made of flax or hemp;—used in the plural to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, table-cloths, &c. 2. The under part of dress, as being chiefly made of linen.
  19. Lĭn'en, a.p. 776Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking. 2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
  20. Lĭn'en-drā'per, n.p. 776A person who deals in linens.
  21. Lĭn'en-er or Lĭn'en-man, n.p. 776The same as LINEN-DRAPER. [Obs.]
  22. Lĭn'en-scrōll, n.p. 776(Arch.) An ornament formerly used for filling panels, and so called from its resemblance to the convolutions of a folded napkin. Fairholt.
  23. Lĭn'e-o-late, a.p. 776(Bot.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines. Gray.
  24. Līn'er, n.p. 776A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets. 2. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold them, fill a space, &c.
  25. Lĭng, n.p. 776(Ichth.) A marine fish (Lota molva), something like the cod, but more slender, and having only two dorsal fins. It is largely used as food in Scotland and Ireland. Yarrell.
  26. Lĭng, n.p. 776Heath. See HEATH. Loudon. 2. A species of long, thin grass. [Scot.] Jamieson. Ling-honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heath. Holland.
  27. Lĭngp. 776A termination denoting state, condition, offspring, progeny, as in hireling, fosterling, earthling, worldling, foundling, darling, firstling, underling, youngling, starling, groundling, duckling…
  28. Lĭn'gel, n.p. 776A little tongue or thong of leather. Crabb. 2. See LINGLE.
  29. Lĭn'ġençe, n.p. 776A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a linctus. [Obs.] Fuller.
  30. Lĭn'ger, v. i.p. 776To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. 2. To be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thought…
  31. Lĭn'ger, v. t.p. 776To protract. [Obs.] “She lingers my desires.” Shak.
  32. Lĭn'ger-er, n.p. 776One who lingers.
  33. Lĭn'ger-ing, a.p. 776Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.
  34. Lĭn'ger-ing, n.p. 776A delaying; a remaining long; tardiness; protraction. “The lingerings of holiday customs.” W. Irving.
  35. Lĭn'ger-ing-ly, adv.p. 776With delay; slowly; tediously.
  36. Lĭn'get, n.p. 776A small mass of metal, having the form of the mold in which it was cast, and often tongue-shaped; an ingot. [Written also lingot.] Camden.
  37. Lĭn'gle, n.p. 777A shoemaker's thread. [Obs.] “Lyngell that souters sow with.” Palgrave. Whose master wrought with lingle and with awl. B. Jonson.
  38. Lĭn'go, n.p. 777Language; speech. [Vulgar.]
  39. Lĭn'gŏt, n.p. 777A linget or ingot. See LINGET. 2. That which has the form of a linget or ingot. The house's front Was cased with lingets of ripe Indian corn. In tessellated order. E. B. Browning.
  40. Lin-guā'ciōŭs, a.p. 777Given to the use of the tongue; talkative; garrulous; loquacious. [Obs.]
  41. Lĭn'gua-dĕnt'al, a.p. 777(Pron.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dento-lingual, as the letters d and t.
  42. Lĭn'gua-dĕnt'al, n.p. 777(Pron.) An articulation pronounced by aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
  43. Lĭn'gual, a.p. 777Pertaining to the tongue; as, the lingual nerves; the lingual muscle.
  44. Lĭn'gual, n.p. 777A letter pronounced with the tongue.
  45. Lĭn’gui-fōrm, a.p. 777Having the form of the tongue.
  46. Lĭn'guis't, n.p. 777A master of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. J. Webster. 2. A person skilled in languages;—usually applied to a person well versed in the languages taught in…
  47. Lin-guĭst'ic or Lin-guĭst'ic-al, a.p. 777Relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
  48. Lin-guĭst'ics, n. sing.p. 777The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  49. Lĭn'gu-late, a.p. 777Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
  50. Lĭng'wort, n.p. 777An herb.
  51. Lĭn'gŷy, a.p. 777Tall; limber; flexible. 2. Active; strong; able to bear fatigue.
  52. Li-nĭg'er-oŭs, a.p. 777Bearing flax; producing linen.
  53. Lĭn'i-ment, n.p. 777A species of soft ointment; a composition of a consistence somewhat thinner than an unguent, but thicker than oil.
  54. Lĭn'ing, n.p. 777The covering of the inner surface of any thing, as of a garment or a box. 2. That which is within; contents. The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers. Shak.
  55. Link, n.p. 777A single ring or division of a chain; sometimes, a chain. “Strong links of iron.” Shak. 2. Any thing doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horse-hair. Mortimer. 3. (Mech.) Any intermediate…
  56. Lĭnk, n.p. 777A torch made of tow or hards, &c., and pitch.
  57. Link, v. t.p. 777To complicate. Johnson. 2. To unite or connect by means of something intervening. “And creature linked to creature, man to man.” Pope. Link towns to towns by avenues of oak. Pope.
  58. Link, v. i.p. 777To be connected. No one generation could link with the other. Burke.
  59. Link'boy or Link'man, n.p. 777A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
  60. Link'-mō'tion, n.p. 777(Steam-eng.) A valve gear consisting of two eccentrics and their rods, connected by an adjustable piece, called the link, to the valve, in such a way as to produce a variable cut-off, and to reverse…