Part 6551

<hw>Lin"chi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native Chinese name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An esculent swallow.</def>

<h1>Linchpin</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Linch"pin`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lynis</ets> the axletree; akin to D. <ets>luns</ets> linchpin, OS. <ets>lunisa</ets>, LG. <ets>lunse</ets>, G. <ets>l\'81nse</ets>, OHG. <ets>lun</ets> peg, bolt.]</ety> <def>A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.</def>

<h1>Lincoln green</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lin"coln green"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. A color of cloth formerly made in <i>Lincoln</i>, England; the cloth itself.</def>

<h1>Lincture, Linctus</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw><hw>Linc"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Linc"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingere</ets>, <ets>linctum</ets>, to lick.]</ety> <def>Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.</def>

<h1>Lind</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The linden. See <er>Linden</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Linden</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lin"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Orig. an adj. from <ets>lind</ets> linden tree, AS. <ets>lind</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>linde</ets>, OHG. <ets>linta</ets>, Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>lind</ets>. Cf. <er>Lime</er> linden.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A handsome tree (<spn>Tilia Europ\'91a</spn>), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In America, the basswood, or <spn>Tilia Americana</spn>.</def>

<h1>Lindia</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lin"di*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zo\'94logists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.</def>

<h1>Lindiform</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Lin"di*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lindia</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larv\'91.</def> <mark>[See Illust. under <er>Larva</er>.]</mark>

<h1>Line</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lin</ets>. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Flax; linen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Garments made of <i>line</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The longer and fiber of flax.</def>

<h1>Line</h1> <Xpage=855>

<hw>Line</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lining</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover the inner surface of; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> a cloak with silk or fur; to <ex>line</ex> a box with paper or tin.</as></def>

<blockquote>The inside <b>lined</b> with rich carnation silk. <i>W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.</def>

<blockquote>The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except <b>lined</b> beyond ordinary, to reach unto. <i>Carew.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Till coffee has her stomach <b>lined</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> works with soldiers</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Line</b> and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>