Written also linn and lyn.
Lin"age (ln"j), n. See Lineage. [Obs.] Holland.
Lin"a*ment (-*ment), n. [L. linamentum, fr. linum flax.] (Surg.) Lint;
esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
Li*nar"ite (l*när"t), n. [So called because formerly supposed to occur
at Linares, in Spain.] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper
occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.
Linch (lnch), n. [AS. hlinc a hill.] A ledge; a right-angled
projection.
||Lin"chi (ln"ch), n. [Native Chinese name.] (Zoöl.) An esculent
||swallow.
||
Linch"pin` (lnch"pn`), n. [AS. lynis the axletree; akin to D. luns
linchpin, OS. lunisa, LG. lunse, G. lünse, OHG. lun peg, bolt.] A pin
used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.
Lin"coln green" (l"kn grn"). A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln,
England; the cloth itself.
{ Linc"ture (lk"tr; 135), Linc"tus (lk"ts), } n. [L. lingere, linctum,
to lick.] Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
Lind (lnd), n. The linden. See Linden. Chaucer.
Lin"den (ln"den), n. [Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind;
akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. Lime
linden.] (Bot.) (a) A handsome tree (Tilia Europæa), having cymes of
light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in
Europe. (b) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.
||Lin"di*a (ln"d*), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar genus of rotifers,
||remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoölogists it
||is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.
||
Lin"di*form (-d*fôrm), a. [Lindia + -form.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the
genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvæ. [See Illust.
under Larva.]
Line (ln), n. [OE. lin. See Linen.] 1. Flax; linen. [Obs.] "Garments
made of line." Spenser.