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<hw>Li*nig"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>linum</ets> flax + <ets>-gerous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing flax; producing linen.</def>

<h1>Liniment</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>linimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>linire</ets>, <ets>linere</ets>, to besmear, anoint : cf. F. <ets>liniment</ets>. Cf. <er>Letter</er>, <er>Lime</er> a viscous substance.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lining</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Line</er> to cover the in side.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>lining</b> of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Link</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Link</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted from <ets>lint</ets> and this for <ets>lunt</ets> a torch, match, D. <ets>lont</ets> match; akin to G. <ets>lunte</ets>, cf. MHG. <ets>l\'81nden</ets> to burn. Cf. <er>Lunt</er>, <er>Linstock</er>.]</ety> <def>A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Link</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>linke</ets>, AS. <ets>hlence</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>l\'84nk</ets> ring of a chain, Dan. <ets>l\'91nke</ets> chain, Icel. <ets>hlekkr</ets>; cf. G. <ets>gelenk</ets> joint, link, ring of a chain, <ets>lenken</ets> to bend.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A single ring or division of a chain.</def>

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

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<blockquote>The <b>link</b> of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And so by double <b>links</b> enchained themselves in lover's life. <i>Gascoigne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything doubled and closed like a link; <as>as, a <ex>link</ex> of horsehair</as>.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Kinematics)</fld> <def>Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a <i>link motion</i>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Surveying)</fld> <def>The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. <er>Chain</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Sausages; -- because linked together.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<-- 9. pl. A golf course. -->

<h1>Link</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Link</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Linked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Linking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.</def>

<blockquote>All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were <b>linked</b> together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication. <i>Eustace.</i></blockquote>

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