Link (lk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Linked (lkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Linking.]
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach;
to unite; to couple.
All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were
linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government,
but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of
frequent communication.
Eustace.
Link, v. i. To be connected.
No one generation could link with the other.
Burke.
Link"age (lk"j; 48), n. 1. The act of linking; the state of being
linked; also, a system of links.
2. (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union
of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
3. (Geom.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by
joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used
to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
{ Link"boy` (-boi`), Link"man (-mn), } n. [See 1st Link.] A boy or man
that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
Link" mo"tion (m"shn). (Steam Engine) A valve gear, consisting of two
eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an
adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the
motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will;
-- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine, c
representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, a and b, for making the
engine run forward and backward, respectively, their rods e and d being
jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link f, in the opening of which
is a pin g which is attached to the valve rod h. The valve will receive
the motion of the forward eccentric when the link is in the position
shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when the link is
shifted so far to the right as to bring e in line with h, or a compound
motion derived from both eccentrics when the link is shifted to
intermediate positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut
off the steam at a point determined by the position to which the link
may have been shifted.
Link"work` (-wûrk`), n. 1. A fabric consisting of links made of metal
or other material fastened together; also, a chain.
And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold;
linkwork and wreathed.
Udall.
2. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are
employed to transmit motion from one part to another.
||Lin*næ"a bo`re*a"lis (ln*n" b`r*"ls). [NL. Linnaeus Linnæan + L.
||borealis northern.] (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold
||northern climates.
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{ Lin*næ"an, Lin*ne"an } (ln*n"an), a. Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the
celebrated Swedish botanist.
Linnæan system (Bot.), the system in which the classes are founded
mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the
artificial or sexual system.
Lin*næ"ite (-t), n. [See Linnæan.] (Min.) A mineral of pale steel- gray
color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also
massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.