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▪ I. † ˈlinget1 Sc. Obs.
In full linget-seed. Also 6 lingeat, 8 linjet.
[An unexplained var. of linnet, earlier form of lint n.]
The seed of ‘lint’ or flax, linseed. oly(e lingeat: linseed oil.
c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. viii. (Preach. Swallow) xviii, Se ye yon churle,..Fast sawand hemp and gude linget seid? Ibid. xxvi, Yone lint heirefter will do gude; For linget is to litill birdis fude. 1477Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 408 Thre peckis of lynget, and thre pekkis of hemp sede. 1501in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. II. 25 Item, for iiij pointis olye lingeat xijs. 1505–6Ibid. III. 184 Item, for ane quart oly lingeat viijs. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 152 Linget seed. 1655in Rec. Convent. Roy. Burghs (1878) III. 420 Repairing thither with ane bagg of linget. 1794Piper of Peebles 6 (E.D.D.) An' nane but hamit linjet sawn,—Fan lint was beaten wi' the mill.
▪ II. † linget2 Obs. rare—0.
Also 6 lingette.
[Of obscure origin: Halliwell gives linget as a Somerset var. of linnet, but cites no authority.]
Some small bird; perh. = ling-bird (see ling n.2 b).
1552Elyot Dict., Atricapilla,..a byrde with blacke fethers on the crowne of his head, muche like our linget [1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Like a lingette or titlynge]. 1611Cotgr., Fauvette, a yellowish bird somewhat lesse then the Nightingale, whereunto she resembles both in singing and shape; some call her, a Linget. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Linger or Linget, a kind of Bird.
▪ III. linget
obs. form of lingot. |