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||Lin`gua*tu"li*da (l`gw*t"l*d), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] ||(Zoöl.) Same as Linguatulina. || ||Lin*guat`u*li"na (l*gwt`*l"n), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] ||(Zoöl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They ||have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also ||Pentastomida. || The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms.

Lin`gui*den"tal (l`gw*dn"tal), a. & n. Linguadental.

Lin"gui*form (l"gw*fôrm), a. [L. lingua tongue + -form: cf. F. linguiforme.] Having the form of the tongue; tongue- shaped.

Lin"guist (l"gwst), n. [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste.] 1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.]

I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist.

J. Webster.

2. A person skilled in languages.

There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age.

Macaulay.

{ Lin*guis"tic (l*gws"tk), Lin*guis"tic*al (-t*kal), } a. [Cf. F. linguistique.] Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.

Lin*guis"tic*al*ly, adv. In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist. Tylor.

Lin*guis"tics (-tks), n. [Cf. F. linguistique.] The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

||Lin"gu*la (l"g*l), n.; pl. -læ (- l). [L., a little tongue.] 1. ||(Anat.) A tonguelike process or part. || 2. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.

Lin"gu*late (-lt), a. [L. lingulatus, fr. lingula a little tongue. Cf. Ligulate.] Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Li*nig"er*ous (l*nj"r*s), a. [L. linum flax + -gerous.] Bearing flax; producing linen.

Lin"i*ment (ln"*ment), n. [L. linimentum, fr. linire, linere, to besmear, anoint : cf. F. liniment. Cf. Letter, Lime a viscous substance.] A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.

Lin"ing (ln"ng), n. [See Line to cover the inside.]

1. The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.

2. That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.

The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers.

Shak.

Link (lk), n. [Prob. corrupted from lint and this for lunt a torch, match, D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf. MHG. lünden to burn. Cf. Lunt, Linstock.] A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. Shak.

Link, n. [OE. linke, AS. hlence; akin to Sw. länk ring of a chain, Dan. lænke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G. gelenk joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.] 1. A single ring or division of a chain.

2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." Shak.

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The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind.

Cowper.