| 释义 |
† ˈlenye, a. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 lenȝe, linȝe, 7 lenyie.
[a. OF. ligne, linge, thin, slender (said both of textile fabrics and of a person's figure: see Godef.):—L. līneus made of linen, f. līnum flax.]
Fine, thin, slender.
1513Douglas æneis vii. i. 30 Rych lenȝe [L. tenues] wobbis natly weiffis sche. Ibid. viii. i. 73 A linȝe wattry garmond dyd hym vaill [L. eum tenuis glauco velabat amictu Carbasus]. 16..Barbour's Bruce (1616) i. 387 His body wes weyll maid and lenye [MS. has a blank; ed. 1670 lenyie]. |