Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.]

1. A single ring or division of a chain.
2. Any thing doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horse hair. – Mortimer.
3. A chain; any thing connecting. And love, the common link, the new creation crowned. – Dryden.
4. Any single, constituent part of a connected series. This argument is a link in the chain of reasoning.
5. A series; a chain.