Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: LIN'GUAL – LINT'EL
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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-GUIST'IC-AL, a.
Relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages. – Gliddon.
LIN-GUIST'ICS, n.
The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words.
LIN'GU-LATE, a. [L. lingulatus, from lingua, tongue.]
Shaped like the tongue or a strap. [But ligulate is more generally used.] – Martyn.
LING'WORT, n.
An herb.
LIN'GY, a.
- Tall; limber; flexible.
- Active; strong; able to bear fatigue. – Brockett.
LIN'I-MENT, n. [Fr. from L. linimentum, from linio, lino, to anoint.]
A species of soft ointment; a composition of a consistence somewhat thinner than an unguent, but thicker than oil. – Encyc.
LIN'ING, n.
- The inner covering of any thing, as of a garment or a box. The pleura is called the lining of the thorax.
- That which is within. – Shak.
LIN'ING, ppr. [See Line.]
Covering on the inside, as a garment.
LINK, n.1 [G. gelenk, a joint, a ring, a swivel, a link, and as an adjective, flexible, limber, from lenken, to bend; Dan. lenke, a chain.]
- A single ring or division of a chain.
- Any thing doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horse hair. – Mortimer.
- A chain; any thing connecting. And love, the common link, the new creation crowned. – Dryden.
- Any single, constituent part of a connected series. This argument is a link in the chain of reasoning.
- A series; a chain.
LINK, n.2 [Gr. λυχνος, L. lychnus, a lamp or candle, coinciding in elements with light.]
A torch made of tow or hards, &c., and pitch. – Shak. Dryden.
LINK, v.i.
To be connected. – Burke.
LINK, v.t.
- To complicate. – Johnson.
- To unite or connect by something intervening or in other manner. Link towns to towns by avenues of oak. – Pope. And creature, link'd to creature, man to man. – Pope.
A boy or man that carries a link or torch to light passengers. – More. Gray.
LINK'ED, pp.
United; connected.
LINK'ING, ppr.
Uniting; connecting.
LIN-NE'AN, a.
Pertaining to Linnæus the botanist of Sweden.
LIN'NET, n. [Fr. linot; W. llinos, from llên, flax, and called also in W. adern y llin, flax-bird; Sax. linetwege. So in L. carduelis, from carduus, a thistle.]
A small singing bird of the genus Fringilla.
LIN'SEED, n. [See LINTSEED.]
LIN'SEY-WOOL-SEY, a.
Made of linen and wool; hence, vile; mean; of different and unsuitable parts. – Johnson.
LIN'STOCK, n. [lint and stock.]
A pointed staff with a crotch or fork at one end, to hold a lighted match; used in firing cannon. It may be stuck in the ground or in the deck of a ship. – Encyc.
LINT, n. [Sax. linet, L. linteum, linteus, from linum, flax.]
Flax; but more generally, linen scraped into a soft substance, and used for dressing wounds and sores.
LINT'EL, n. [Fr. linteau; Sp. lintel or dintel.]
The head-piece of a door-frame or window-frame; the part of the frame that lies on the side-pieces. – Exod. xii.