Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LIN'EN, n. [L. linim, flax, Gr. {foreign}; W. llin, Ir. lin, Russ. len, G. lein. The sense is probably long, extended or smooth. In the latter sense, it would accord with L. linio, lenio.]

1. Cloth made of flax or hemp.
2. An under garment.

LIN'EN-DRA-PER, n.

A person who deals in linens. [Linener and linen-man, in a like sense, are obsolete.]

LING,

a Saxon termination, as in darling, firstling, denotes primarily state, condition, or subject. In some words it denotes the young of an animal, or a small one.

LING, n. [D. leng; Ir. long; probably Sax. leng, long.]

A fish of the genus Gadus, or cod kind, which grows to the length of four feet or more, is very slender, with a flat head. This fish abounds on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, and forms a considerable article of commerce. Encyc.

LING, n. [Ice. ling, from leng, long.]

A species of long grass; heath. Jamieson. Cyc.

LING'ER, v.i. [from the root of long, Sax. leng.]

1. To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not. 2 Pet. ii.
2. To hesitate; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense. Perhaps thou lingerest, in deep thought detained. Milton.
3. To remain long in any state. The patient lingers on a bed of sickness.

LIN'GER, v.t.

To protract. Shak.

LIN'GER-ED, pp.

Delayed; loitered.

LIN'GER-ER, n.

One who lingers.

LIN'GER-ING, n.

A delaying; a remaining long; tardiness; protraction. The lingerings of holyday customs. Irving.

LIN'GER-ING, ppr.

1. Delaying; loitering.
2. adj. Drawing out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.

LIN'GER-ING-LY, adv.

With delay; slowly; tediously. Hale.

LIN'GET, n. [Fr. lingot, from languette, a tongue.]

A small mass of metal. Camden.

LIN'GLE, n. [Fr. ligneul, from ligne.]

Shoemaker's thread. [Not in use or local.] Drayton.

LIN'GO, n. [L. lingua.]

Language; speech. [Vulgar.]

LIN-GUA'CIOUS, a.

Talkative; loquacious.

LIN-GUA-DENT'AL, a. [L. lingua, tongue, and dens, a tooth.]

Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth as, the letters d and t. Holder.

LIN-GUA-DENT'AL, n.

An articulation formed by the tongue and teeth.

LIN'GUAL, a. [L. lingua, the tongue.]

Pertaining to the tongue; as, the lingual nerves, the ninth pair, which go to the tongue; the lingual muscle, or muscle of the tongue.

LIN'GUI-FORM, a. [L. lingua and form.]

Having the form or shape of the tongue. Martyn.

LIN'GUIST, n. [L. lingua, the tongue.]

A person skilled in languages; usually applied to a person well versed in the languages taught in colleges, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. Milton.

LIN-GUIST'IC, or LIN-GUISTIC-AL, a.

Relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages. Gliddon.

LIN-GUISTICS, n.

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words.

LIN'GU-LATE, a. [L. lingultaus, from lingua, tongue.]

Shaped like the tongue or a strap. [But ligulate is more generally used.] Martyn.

LING'WORT, n.

An herb.