Lin definition

Lineal.
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(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist (from something), stop.
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(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cease; leave off.
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A surname of Chinese origin (see: æž—)
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Linear.
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A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
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A roaring lin.

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Origin of lin

  • From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up"), from Proto-Germanic *linnanÄ… (“to turn, move aside, avoid"), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from"). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest"), Swedish dialectal linna (“to pause, rest"), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest").

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  • From Irish or Gaelic.

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Lin Sentence Examples

  • The tablet itself was in October 1907 removed by Chinese officials into the city proper, and placed in the Pei Lin or "forest of tablets," a museum in which are collected tablets of the Han, Tang, Sung, Yuen and Ming dynasties, some of which bear historical legends, notably a set of stone tablets having the thirteen classics inscribed upon them, while others are symbolical or pictorial; among these last is a full-sized likeness of Confucius.

  • For example, the mass-centre of I system free from extraneous force will describe a straight lin with constant velocity.

  • Just after the prince became king Lin 1307 Reynolds was appointed treasurer of England; in 1308 he became bishop of Worcester and in 1310 chancellor.

  • Up to 1839 no effort was made to stop the trade, but in that year the emperor Tao-Kwang sent a commissioner, Lin Tsze-sii, to Canton to put down the traffic. Lin issued a proclamation threatening hostile measures if the British opium ships serving as depots were not sent away.

  • Under Constantine Monomachus (1042-1054) he became one of the most influential men lin the empire.

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