lin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lin	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for lin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lin n United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959) Synonym(s): Lin, Maya Lin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lin \Lin\ (l[icr]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See {Lithe}.] To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lin \Lin\, v. t. To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lin \Lin\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arecoline \Are"coline\, n. 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.