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- English Word Linking Definition of Link
- English Word Linkman Definition A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
- English Word Linkwork Definition A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.
- English Word Linkwork Definition Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.
- English Word Linnaea borealis Definition The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
- English Word Linnaean Definition Alt. of Linnean
- English Word Linnaeite Definition A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.
- English Word Linne Definition Flax. See Linen.
- English Word Linnean Definition Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist.
- English Word Linnet Definition Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.
- English Word Linoleate Definition A salt of linoleic acid.
- English Word Linoleic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.
- English Word Linoleum Definition Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
- English Word Linoleum Definition A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
- English Word Linoxin Definition A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid.
- English Word Linsang Definition Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.
- English Word Linseed Definition The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
- English Word Linsey Definition Linsey-woolsey.
- English Word Linsey-woolsey Definition Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
- English Word Linsey-woolsey Definition Jargon.