linesman 
If not perhaps as tall as our ordinary lineanen, he [the 
Persian soldier] is as heavy and as strongly built. 
Westminster Rev., CXXVIII. 458. 
line-squall (Im'skwal), . In meteor., a squall 
occurring along the axis of a V-shaped baro- 
metric depression, generally secondary to a 
large cyclonic area, consisting of a violent 
straight blow of cold air, usually from the north- 
west, accompanied by rain or snow and a sud- 
den rise of the barometer: so called by Aber- 
cromby. The Iowa squall or derecho is a line- 
squall. 
line-storm (lin'storm), . A storm popularly 
supposed to occur at the time the sun crosses 
the equator; hence, any heavy storm that oc- 
curs within a week or ten days of the equinoxes ; 
an equinoctial storm. [Local, New Eng.] 
Along their foam-white curves of shore 
They heard the line-storm rave and roar. 
Whtttier, The Palatine. 
Lineus (lin'e-us), n. [NL., < L. linea, line: see 
line 2 ."} The' typical genus of Lineidce. L. mart- 
ma or L. longissimus is one of the narrowest of organisms 
for its length, growing to be 12 or 15 feet long and only 
half an inch or so broad. 
line-Wire (lin'wir), n. In teleg., the wire which 
extends between and connects the stations of 
a telegraph-line, and transmits the electric cur- 
rent or impulse from station to station. 
ling 1 (ling), n. [< ME. lenge, leenge, < AS. *lenge 
(not recorded) = MD. lenghe, Hughe, D. leng = 
G. lange, leng (also lang, langfisch) = Icel. langa 
= Norw. langa, longa = Dan. lange Sw. l&nga, 
a ling: so named from its length, < AS. lang, 
etc., long: see long 1 . Cf. linger, from the same 
source.] 1. A European gadoid fish, Molva 
molva or M . vulgaris (called by Cuvier Lota mol- 
va). It has an elongate form, a short anterior and long 
posterior dorsal tin, long anal nn, separate convex caudal 
fln, normal ventral fins, and several large teeth in the lower 
jaws and vomer, besides a band of small teeth in the jaws 
and vomer. The ling inhabits the seas of northern Europe, 
and attains a length of 4 feet. Great numbers of them are 
caught for food, and either used fresh or salted and dried 
for future consumption. 
2. An American gadoid fish, Lota maculosa, bet- 
ter known as the burbot, and also called lawyer 
and lake-lawyer. 3. A chiroid fish, OpModon 
elongatus, better known as cultus-cod. 4. Same 
as bay-cod. 5. Same as conger-eel, 3. 
ling 2 (ling), . [< ME. lung, < Icel. lyng = Dan. 
lyng = Sw. ljung, heath.] Common heather, 
Calluna vulgaris. 
ling 3 (H n g)> n - [Chin.] The water-chestnut 
of China, Trapa bicornis, largely used in China 
for food. 
-ling 1 . [< ME. -ling, -lyng, < AS. -ling (= OS. 
OFries. -ling = OHG. -ling, MHG. -line, G. -ling 
= Icel. -lingr = Goth, -liggs), a suffix (orig. a 
compound suffix, < -I + -ing s ) denoting origin, 
or having a dim. force, as in dedrling, darling, 
eorthling, earthling, hyrling, a hireling, geong- 
ling, a youth, gcedeling, a companion, etc.] A 
termination having usually a diminutive or de- 
preciative force, occurring in designations of 
persons, as darling, earthling, gadlingl, gadling?, 
groundling, hireling, lortlling, stripling, under- 
ling, worldling, etc., or of young animals, etc., 
&sduckling,gosling,kidling,kitling,starling, first- 
ling, nestling, yearling, etc. 
-ling 2 . [< ME. -ling (also -linges), < AS. -ling, -lin- 
ga, -lunga, an adverbial termination as in bac- 
ling, backling, grundlinga, grundlunga, from the 
bottom, equiv. to -unga, -inga, as in callunga, en- 
tirely, fteringa, suddenly, etc., orig. a case of 
-ung,-ing, suffix of verbal nouns: see-in^l. Cf. 
-long.] An adverbial suffix, forming adverbs 
from nouns, as in backling, darkling, groveling, 
faadling, sideling, halfling, etc. It also appears with 
an added adverbial genitive sullix. -lings, as in backlings. 
In dialectal use it is often -tin, -lim. In some words it ap- 
pears in the variant form -long, as in headlong sidelong. 
It is not now used in the formation of new words. 
linga (ling'gii), n. Same as lingam. 
lingam (ling'gam), n. [Skt. (stem Unga, neut. 
nom. lingam), a mark, a token; especially, the 
male generative organ.] In Hind, myth., the 
male organ of generation, worshiped as being 
representative of the god Siva or of the gener- 
ative power of nature; a phallus. Also Unga. 
ling-beiry (ling'ber'i), n. 1. The crowberry, 
Empetrum nigrum. 2. The cowberry, Vacci- 
niiim Vitis-Idwa.S. The fruit of the ling. 
[Prov. Eng. in all senses.] 
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ling-bird (ling'berd), n. The meadow-pipit of 
Europe, Anthus pratensis : so called as frequent- 
ing the moors where the ling or heather grows, 
linge (linj), v. i. [< ME. lengen, linger: see 
linger. Gi.lingy 2 .] To work hard. [Prov.Eng.] 
lingel 1 (ling'gl), n. [Also lingle, dial, liniel, for- 
merly also liniel, Untie, < ME. lingel, lyitgel, lyn- 
zellc, irreg. lyniolf (by error inniolf Prompt. 
Parv.), < OF. *ligneol, ligneul, P. ligneul, a shoe- 
latchet,^ L.Hneotojdim.of linea, line: seeh'we' 2 .] 
1. A shoe-latchet. [Old Eng. and Scotch.] 
2f. A shoemaker's thread of hemp rubbed with 
rosin. Percy. 
The Shoemaker maketh Slippers ... of leather (which 
is cut with a Cutting-knife) by means of an Awl and Lin- 
gd. Comenius, Visible World, p. 97. 
Where sitting, I espy'd a lovely dame, 
Whose master wrought with lingel, and with aul, 
And under ground he vamped many a boot. 
Beau, and Ft., Knight of Burning Pestle, v. 3. 
3. Anything of considerable length; a consid- 
erable length of anything. [Scotch.] 
lingel 2 , w. See tingle*. 
lingencet (lin'jens), n. [< L. lingen(t-)s, ppr. 
of lingere, lick: see lincture.] A liquid medi- 
cated confection taken by licking; a lincture. 
A stick hereof [licorice] Is commonly the spoon pre- 
scribed to patients, to use in any lingencei or loaches. 
Fuller, Worthies, Nottinghamshire. 
linger (ling'ger), v. [< ME. "lengeren, tarry (= 
G. ver-ldtigern, prolong), freq. of lengen, tarry, 
< AS. lengan, prolong, put off (= OHG. lengjan, 
lengan, lengen, MHG. lengen = D. lengen = MLG. 
lengen = Icel. lengja = Svr.for-langa = Dan./or- 
Itenge, lengthen), < lang, long: see leng, long 1 .] 
1. trans. If. To make long; prolong; protract; 
delay; put off; defer. 
It shall cause things to have good success, and that mat- 
ters shall not be lingered forth from day to day. 
Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1560. 
He goes into Mauritania, . . . unless his abode be Zt'npered 
here by some accident. Shak., Othello, iv. 2. 231. 
We linger time ; the King sent for Philaster and the 
headsman an hour ago. Beau, and Fl., Philaster, v. 1. 
2. To spend in an inactive or tedious manner; 
drag: with out, and sometimes away. 
Now live secure, and linger out your days. 
Dryden, Death of Purcell. 
Better to rush at once to shades below, 
Than linger life away, and nourish woe. 
Pope, Odyssey. 
II. intrans. To remain in a place or a state 
for an unusual, undue, or unexpected length of 
time; defer action, movement, decision, etc., 
either from inclination or necessity ; hold back ; 
tarry; delay; loiter. 
I would not have thee linger in thy pain. 
Shak., Othello, v. 2. 88. 
He, be sure, 
Will not connive or linger, thus provoked. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 46. 
This palace . . . really deserves no small place in the 
history of Romanesque art. It shows how late the genu- 
ine tradition lingered on. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 251. 
lingerer (ling'ger-er), n. One who lingers. 
lingerie (F. pron. lan-zhe-re'), n. [F., a linen- 
warehouse, linen goods, linen underwear, < lin- 
ger, a dealer in linen goods, < linge, linen, flax, 
< L. linum, flax, linen: see fine 1 .] Linen goods; 
linen underwear, especially as used by women ; 
also, collectively, all the linen, cotton, and lace 
articles of a woman's wardrobe. 
lingering (ling'ger-ing), p. a. Drawing out in 
time; remaining long ; protracted; dilatory in 
action: as, a lingering illness; lingering poisons. 
My griefs not only pain me 
As a lingering disease, 
But, finding no redress, ferment and rage. 
Milton, 8. A., L 618. 
lingeringly (ling'ger-ing-li), adv. In a linger- 
ing manner; with delay; slowly; tediously. 
lingerly(ling'ger-li),o*>. Lingeringly; slowly. 
[Rare.] 
Sometimes, preoccupied with her work, she sang the re- 
frain very low, very lingerly ; "A long time ago" cameout 
like the saddest cadence of a funeral hymn. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, ill. 
linget (ling'get), n. See lingot. 
lingism (ling'izm), . [< Ling (Peter Henrik 
Ling (1776-1839), a Swedish poet, who proposed 
the method) + -ism."} In therap,, the Swedish 
movement-cure ; kinesitherapy. 
lingle 1 , n. See lingel 1 . 
lingle 2 , lingel 2 (ling'gl), n. [< L. lingula, dim. 
of lingua, tongue: see lingual. Cf. ligule.] A 
little tongue or thong of leather, as a lace used 
in uniting leather bands. 
lingo 1 (ling'go), n. [Prob. a vulgar or cant cor- 
ruption of L. lingua, tongue, speech: see lin- 
lingual 
gual, a.] Language ; speech; especially, a pe- 
culiar kind of speech, more or less unintelli- 
gible ; a dialect. 
Well, well, I shall understand your Lingo one of these 
Days, Cousin ; in the mean while I must answer in plain 
English. Congreve, Way of the World, iv. 4. 
He's a gentleman of words ; he understands your for- 
eign lingo. Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, i. 1. 
Norman French, for example, or Scotch down to the 
time of James VI., could hardly be called patois, while I 
should be half inclined to name the Yankee a lingo rather 
than a dialect. Lotcett, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., Int. 
lingo- (ling'go), n. [Also lingoa; a native name.] 
A large leguminous tree, Pterocarpus Indicus, 
or its wood. See kiabooca-wood. 
lingott (ling'got), n. [< OF. lingot (ML. liu- 
gotus), an ingot : see ingot.] A small mass of 
metal showing the form of the mold in which 
it is cast, of ten tongue-shaped; an ingot. Also 
linget. 
Among the Lacedemonians iron linaots quenched with 
vinegar that they may serue for no other vse (hath been 
vsed for moneie). Camden, Remains. 
ling-pink (ling'pingk),n. Same as fine?. [North. 
Eng.] 
Brakes of ling-pink, faintly scented, a feast for every 
sense. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Robert Elsmere, xi. 
-lings. See -ling 2 . 
lingthorn (ling'thorn), . A British starfish, 
Luidia fragilitufima, of the family Asteriidte. 
lingua (ling'gwa), .; pi. lingua; (-gwe). [L.: 
see lingual, tongue.'] 1. The tongue; a tongue. 
Specifically, in entam. : (o) The central lobe of the ligu- 
la when this has two lateral lobes or paraglossee, as in //.'/- 
menoptera and many Coleoptera. Kfrby applied the term 
to the whole ligula. Also called gloesa. (6) The tubular 
proboscis of Lepidoptera, formed of the united and elon- 
gated maxillae. This tongue-like organ is sometimes sev- 
eral inches long, and in repose is coiled spirally beneath 
the head. Also called anuia. (c) The hypopharynx, or a 
tongue-like prolongation of its apex. Huxley. [Rare.] 
2. A language Frenum linguae. See frenum. 
lehthyosis linguse, psoriasis linguae, tylosla linguae. 
Same as leucoplacia. Llgullform lingua. See lignli- 
/orm. Lingua Franca. INL., It., etc., lit. the Frank 
language.] (a) A mixed language or jargon used by French- 
men, Spaniards, Italians, etc., in intercourse with Arabs, 
Moors, Turks, and Greeks. It is Italian mixed with Arabic, 
Turkish, Greek, etc. Hence (6) Any hybrid tongue used 
similarly in other parts of the world ; an international 
dialect. 
What concern have we with the shades of dialect in Ho- 
mer or Theocritus, provided they speak the spiritual lingua 
franca that abolishes all alienage of race, and makes what- 
ever shore of time we land on hospitable and homelike? 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 177. 
Lingua geral [Pg., lit. general language], in Brazil, the 
language of the Guarani Indians : so called because used 
by Indians throughout Brazil in intercourse with other 
tribes, and also in dealingswith the whites. Lingua rus- 
tlca [L., lit. rustic language], the form of ancient Latin as 
spoken by the common people : so called in contradistinc- 
tion to classic Latin. It retained numerous archaisms 
throughout the classical period, and it, rather than the 
literary form of Latin, has been regarded by many as the 
source of the vernacular part of the modern Romanic lan- 
guages. OB linguae. See linguale. 
linguacioust (Ting-gwa'shus), a. [< LL. linguax 
(linguae-), loquacious, < L. lingua, tongue : see 
lingual.a.] Talkative; loquacious. Bailey, 1727. 
linguadontal (ling-gwa-den'tal), a. and n. 
[Prop, "linguidental ; (. L. lingua, tongue (see 
lingual, a.), + dens (dent-), a tooth: see dental.] 
Same as dentilingual. 
lingual (ling'gwal), a. and n. [= F. Sp. Pg. 
lingual = It. linguale, < NL. lingualis, of the 
tongue, < L. lingua, OL. dingua = E. tongue: 
see tongue.] I. a. 1. Inanat. androoi.: () Of 
or pertaining to the tongue ; glossal. (6) Of or 
pertaining to a lingua or any tongue-like part. 
See phrases. 2. Pronounced by or chiefly by 
the tongue : variously applied to sounds made 
with the tip or forward part of the tongue, as t, 
d, etc. (also called dental), or especially to the 
peculiar Sanskrit {, d, etc. (also called cacumi- 
nal, cerebral), forming a distinct class from the 
Sanskrit dentals, and pronounced with the tip 
of the tongue drawn back. 3. Relating or per- 
taining to utterance, or of the use of the tongue 
in speaking: as, lingual corruptions of words 
or language. 
Here indeed becomes notable one great difference be- 
tween our two kinds of civil war : between the modern 
lingual or Parliamentary-logical kind, and the ancient or 
manual kind in the steel battlefield. 
Carlyle, French Rev., II. i. 2. (Davies.) 
Lingual appendages, the paraglossa;, or membranous 
outer lobes of the ligula. Lingual artery, a branch of 
the external carotid, supplying the tongue and associate 
parts. It is in man the usual second branch of the ca- 
rotid, arising between the superior thyroid and the facial ; 
its termination is the ranine artery. Lingual ganglion, 
lobule, etc. See the nouns. Lingual nerve, the gus- 
tatory nerve, a portion of the third or inferior maxillary 
division of the trigeminus or fifth cranial nerve, supplying 
the tongue. Lingual ribbon, in gastropodoue mollusks, 
an expansive surface which bears the teeth ; the radula or 
