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Definition of 'lin'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) linnen, from (etyl) .
Verb
To desist (from something), stop.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
- Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
To cease; leave off.
Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
From Irish or Gaelic.
Alternative forms
* linn
* lyn
Noun
( en-noun)
A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
A waterfall, or cataract.
- a roaring lin
A steep ravine.
( Webster 1913)
Similar to 'lin'lean, lain, loan, ln, lion, loin, lien, lawn, lyn, limn, loon, layn, lown, luan, lyon, loun
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