Lin"sey-wool"sey, a. Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and
unsuitable parts; mean. Johnson.
Lin"stock (ln"stk), n. [Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lontstok; lont lunt
+ stok stock, stick. See Link a torch, Lunt, and Stock.] A pointed
forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for
firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]
Lint (lnt), n. [AS. lnet flax, hemp, fr. ln flax; or, perh. borrowed
fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. linum
flax, lint. See Linen.] 1. Flax.
2. Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy
substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down,
fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.
Lint doctor (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a
printing cylinder.
Lin"tel (ln"tl), n. [OF. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for
limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See Limit.] (Arch.) A horizontal
member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by
means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
{ Lin"tie (ln"t), Lint"white` (lnt"hwt`) }, n. [AS. lnetwige. See
Linnet.] (Zoöl.) See Linnet. Tennyson.
Lint"seed` (lnt"sd`), n. See Linseed.
||Li"num (l"nm), n. [L., flax.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants
||including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
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Li"on (l"n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr. le`wn. Cf.
Chameleon, Dandelion, Leopard.] 1. (Zoöl.) A large carnivorous feline
mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa,
distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult
male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds
to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers.
The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail.
The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and
the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the
maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.