Lin"er (ln"r), n. 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a
line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
3. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust
them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
4. (Steam Engine) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston
works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is
left to form a steam jacket.
5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for
grinding.
6. (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a
nearly straight line not far from the ground.
-ling (-lng). [AS. -ling.] A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive
or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling,
firstling, underling.
-ling. An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Ling (lng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. länge, Dan. lange, Sw.
långa, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See Long, a.] (Zoöl.)
(a) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe
and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and
dried. Called also drizzle. (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario. (c) An
American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada] (d) A New Zealand food fish
of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other
fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
Ling, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.] (Bot.) Heather
(Calluna vulgaris).
Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.
Holland.
{ ||Lin"ga (l"g), Lin"gam (l"gm), } n. [Skr. liga.] The phallic symbol
under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the
creative and reproductive power. Whitworth. E. Arnold.
Ling"-bird` (lng"brd`), n. (Zoöl.) The European meadow pipit; -- called
also titling.
Lin"gel (l"gl), n. [F. ligneul, dim. of L. linea a linen thread.] 1. A
shoemaker's thread. [Obs.]