LINGET
LIN'GET, noun A small mass of metal.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LINGLE
LIN'GLE, noun Shoemaker's thread. [Not in use or local.]
LINGO
LIN'GO, noun [Latin lingua.] Language; speech. [Vulgar.]
LINGUADENTAL
LINGUADENT'AL, adjective [Latin lingua, tongue, and dens, a tooth.]Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth; as the letters d and t.LINGUADENT'AL, noun An arti...
LINGUAFORM
LIN'GUAFORMadjective [lingua and form.] Having the form or shape of the tongue.
LINGUAL
LIN'GUAL, adjective [Latin 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 ton...
LINGUIST
LIN'GUIST, noun [Latin lingua, tongue.] A person skilled in languages; usually applied to a person well versed in the languages taught in colleges, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.
LINGULATE
LIN'GULATE, adjective [Latin lingulatus, from lingua, tongue.]Shaped like the tongue or a strap. [But ligulate is more generally used.]
LINGWORT
LINGWORT, noun An herb.
LINIMENT
LIN'IMENT, noun [Latin 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
LINING
LI'NING, participle present tense [See Line.] Covering on the inside, as a garment.LI'NING, noun1. The inner covering of any thing, as of a garment or a box. The pleura is calle...
LINK
LINK, noun1. A single ring or division of a chain.2. Any thing doubled and closed like a link; as a link of horse hair.3. A chain; any thing connecting.- And love, the common li...
LINKBOY
LINK'BOY,LINK'ED, participle passive United; connected.
LINKED
LINK'ED, pp. United; connected.
LINKING
LINK'ING, participle present tense Uniting; connecting.
LINKMAN
LINK'MAN, noun A boy or man that carries a link or torch to light passengers.
LINNET
LIN'NET, noun [Latin carduelis, from carduus, a thistle.]A small singing bird of the genus Fingilla.
LINSEED
LINSEED. [See Lintseed.]
LINSEY-WOOLSEY
LIN'SEY-WOOLSEY, adjective Made of linen and wool; hence, vile; mean; of different and unsuitable parts.
LINSTOCK
LIN'STOCK, noun [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 ...
LINT
LINT, noun [Latin linteum, linteus, from linium, flax.]Flax; but more generally, linen scraped into a soft substance, and used for dressing wounds and sores.
LINTEL
LINT'EL, nounThe head-piece of a door-frame or window-frame; the part of the frame that lies on the side-pieces. Exodus 12:22.
LINTSEED
LINT'SEED, noun Flaxseed.
LION
LI'ON, noun [Latin leo, leonis, Gr.]1. A quadruped of the genus Felis, very strong, fierce and rapacious. The largest lions are eight or nine feet in length. The male has a thic...
LION-METTLED
LI'ON-METTLED, adjective Having the courage and spirit of a lion.LION'S FOOT, noun A plant of the genus Catananche.LION'S LEAF, noun A plant of the genus Leontice.LION'S TAIL, n...
LIONESS
LI'ONESS, noun The female of the lion kind.
LIONLIKE
LI'ONLIKE, adjective Like a lion; fierce.