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LIN
Lin, Maya Lin
(noun) United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Lin
A surname of Chinese origin (see: ćž—)
A male or female given name
Anagrams
• -nil-, NIL, nil
Etymology 1
Verb
lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past lan or linned, past participle lun or linned)
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop to cease.
Etymology 2
Noun
lin (plural lins)
Alternative spelling of linn
Etymology 3
Noun
lin (plural lins)
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially, in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”)
Anagrams
• -nil-, NIL, nil
Source: Wiktionary
Lin, v. i. Etym: [AS. linnan. See Lithe.]
Definition: To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] Marsion.
Lin, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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