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<hw>Link</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be connected.</def>

<blockquote>No one generation could <b>link</b> with the other. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Linkage</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Link"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joins, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.</def>

<h1>Linkboy, Linkman</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw><hw>Link"boy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Link"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Link</er>.]</ety> <def>A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.</def><-- sic -->

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

<hw>Link" mo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the <i>link</i>, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.</def>

<note>&hand; The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine, <iref>c</iref> representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, <iref>a</iref> and <iref>b</iref>, for making the engine run forward and backward, respectively, their rods <iref>e</iref> and <iref>d</iref> being jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link <iref>f</iref>, in the opening of which is a pin <iref>g</iref> which is attached to the valve rod <iref>h</iref>. The valve will receive the motion of the forward eccentric when is in the position shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring <iref>e</iref> in line with <iref>h</iref>, or a compound motion derived from both eccentrics when the link is shifted to intermediate positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut off the steam at a point determined by the position to which the link may have been shifted.</note>

<h1>Linkwork</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Link"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.</def>

<blockquote>And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; <b>linkwork</b> and wreathed. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.</def>

<h1>Linn\'91a borealis</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Lin*n\'91"a bo`re*a"lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[NL.<ets>Linnaeus</ets> Linn\'91an + L. <ets>borealis</ets> northern.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.</def>

<h1>Linn\'91an, Linnean</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw><hw>Lin*n\'91"an</hw>, <hw>Lin*ne"an</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to <i>Linn\'91us</i>, the celebrated Swedish botanist.</def>

<cs><col>Linnaean system</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.</cd></cs>

<h1>Linn\'91ite</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Lin*n\'91"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Linn\'91an</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Linne</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Linne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Flax. See <er>Linen</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Linnet</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Lin"net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>linot</ets>, <ets>linotte</ets>, from L. <ets>linum</ets> flax; or perh. shortened from AS.<ets>l\'c6netwige</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>l\'c6n</ets> flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera <spn>Linota</spn>, <spn>Acanthis</spn>, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (<spn>L. cannabina</spn>), 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 <altname>gray linnet</altname>, <altname>red linnet</altname>, <altname>rose linnet</altname>, <altname>brown linnet</altname>, <altname>lintie</altname>, <altname>lintwhite</altname>, <altname>gorse thatcher</altname>, <altname>linnet finch</altname>, and <altname>greater redpoll</altname>. The American redpoll linnet (<spn>Acanthis linaria</spn>) often has the crown and throat rosy. See <er>Redpoll</er>, and <er>Twite</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Green linnet</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the European green finch.</cd></cs>

<h1>Linoleate</h1> <Xpage=857>