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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lin \Lin\ (l[i^]n), verb (used without an object) [AS. linnan. See {Lithe}.] To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lin \Lin\, verb (used with an object) To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lin \Lin\, noun [Ir. linn, or Gael. linne; akin to W. llyn a pool, pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS. hlynn torrent. Cf. {Dunlin}.]
1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
3. A steep ravine.
Note: Written also linn and lyn.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arecoline \A*re"co*line\, noun Also -lin \-lin\ . [From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.] An oily liquid substance, {C8H13O2N}, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
Syn: arecholine; arecaline; methylarecaidin; methyl N-methyltetrahydronicotinate; 1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Lin
noun: United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959) [syn: {Maya Lin}]
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