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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.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.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.Lĭng p. 776A termination denoting state, condition, offspring, progeny, as in hireling, fosterling, earthling, worldling, foundling, darling, firstling, underling, youngling, starling, groundling, duckling…Lĭn'gel, n. p. 776A little tongue or thong of leather. Crabb. 2. See LINGLE.Lĭn'ġençe, n. p. 776A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a linctus. [Obs.] Fuller.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…Lĭn'ger, v. t. p. 776To protract. [Obs.] “She lingers my desires.” Shak.Lĭn'ger-er, n. p. 776One who lingers.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.Lĭn'ger-ing, n. p. 776A delaying; a remaining long; tardiness; protraction. “The lingerings of holiday customs.” W. Irving.Lĭn'ger-ing-ly, adv. p. 776With delay; slowly; tediously.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.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.Lĭn'go, n. p. 777Language; speech. [Vulgar.]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.Lin-guā'ciōŭs, a. p. 777Given to the use of the tongue; talkative; garrulous; loquacious. [Obs.]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.Lĭn'gua-dĕnt'al, n. p. 777(Pron.) An articulation pronounced by aid or use of the tongue and teeth.Lĭn'gual, a. p. 777Pertaining to the tongue; as, the lingual nerves; the lingual muscle.Lĭn'gual, n. p. 777A letter pronounced with the tongue.Lĭn’gui-fōrm, a. p. 777Having the form of the tongue.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…Lin-guĭst'ic or Lin-guĭst'ic-al, a. p. 777Relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.Lin-guĭst'ics, n. sing. p. 777The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Lĭn'gu-late, a. p. 777Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.Lĭng'wort, n. p. 777An herb.Lĭn'gŷy, a. p. 777Tall; limber; flexible. 2. Active; strong; able to bear fatigue.Li-nĭg'er-oŭs, a. p. 777Bearing flax; producing linen.Lĭn'i-ment, n. p. 777A species of soft ointment; a composition of a consistence somewhat thinner than an unguent, but thicker than oil.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.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…Lĭnk, n. p. 777A torch made of tow or hards, &c., and pitch.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.Link, v. i. p. 777To be connected. No one generation could link with the other. Burke.Link'boy or Link'man, n. p. 777A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.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…Lin-næ'an or Lin-nē'an, a. p. 777Pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated botanist. Linnæan system (Bot.), the system in which the classes are founded upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or…Lĭnne, n. p. 777Flax. See LINE.Lin'net, n. p. 777(Ornith.) A small European singing bird of the genus Fringilla (F. cannabina);—called also lintie and lintwhite.Lin'seed, n. p. 777Flax-seed. [Written also lintseed.]Lin'seed-cāke, n. p. 777The solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.Lĭn’seed-oil, n. p. 777Oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.Līn'sel, n. p. 777Same as LINSEY-WOOLSEY. [Obs.]Lin'sey, n. p. 777Cloth made of linen and wool; linsey-woolsey. Bentley.Lin'sey-wool'sey, a. p. 777Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; vile; mean. Johnson.Lĭn'sey-wŏol'sey, n. p. 777Stuff made of linen and wool, mixed.Līn’stock, n. p. 777A pointed, forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match, for firing cannon.Lint, n. p. 777Flax. Johnson. 2. Linen raveled, or scraped into a soft substance, and used for dressing wounds and sores.Lin'tel, n. p. 777(Arch.) An horizontal piece of timber or stone placed over a door, window, or other opening; a head-piece. Gwilt.Lin'tie or Lint'white, n. p. 777The linnet. See LINNET. Her song the lintwhite swelleth. Tennyson.Lĭnt'seed, n. p. 777See LINSEED.Li'on, n. p. 777(Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Leo, characterized by great size and strength. The body is higher and less fitted for climbing than that of the tiger, and the male has usually a thick mane…Lī'on-ant, n. p. 777(Entom.) An insect of the genus Myrmeleon; the ant-lion. See ANT-LION.Li'onced, a. p. 777(Her.) Adorned with lions' heads, as a cross whose ends terminate in them. [Written also leonced.]Lĭ'on-cel, n. p. 777(Her.) A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.Li'on-dŏg, n. p. 777A variety of dog with a flowing mane.Li′on-el, n. p. 777The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.Li'on-ess, n. p. 777The female of the lion kind.Li'on-et, n. p. 777A young or small lion.