linkn.1
/lɪŋk/, U.S. /lɪŋk/ a. Rising ground; a ridge or bank. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]
link931
rise1240
motea1300
bentc1405
mote-hill1475
territory1477
height1487
rising1548
raising1572
linch1591
mount1591
swelling1630
up1637
vertex1641
advance1655
ascendant1655
eminency1662
ascent1663
eminence1670
swell1764
elevation1799
embreastment1799
upwith1819
lift1825
salita1910
turtle-back1913
upwarp1917
upslope1920
whaleback1928
931 in Earle Land Charters 166 Ðonne norð ondlong ðæs hlinces.
OE Phoenix 25 Beorgas þær ne muntas steape ne stondað, ne stanclifu heah hlifiað, swa her mid us, ne dene ne dalu ne dunscrafu, hlæwas ne hlincas.
c1250 Newminster Cartul. (1878) 57 In lez Lynkys apud Blythemowth.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 86 There were..placed..in the linkes..about two hundred horse.
1836 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provinc. Sussex 24 Link, a green or wooded bank, always on the side of a hill between two pieces of cultivated land.
b. In plural (Scottish) Comparatively level or gently undulating sandy ground near the sea-shore, covered with turf, coarse grass, etc.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [noun]
links1487
machair1692
strandflat1922
linksland1926
the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland > types of
links1487
sward1513
machair1692
scurf1708
sweet-veld1785
stone-turf1797
sour veld1801
undergrass1838
bent-land1883
undersward1883
turf-line1935
1487 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 42 No catall sale haf pastour of gyrss apone the lynkis.
1514 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 93 That euery man compeir upoun the linx efter noun.
1545 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 221 To find fiue personis..to vaiche thair blokhouse, linkis, and havin nychtlie.
a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 48 The Marquiss came ashoar..to the Links of Barnbugall at midnight.
1697 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles 595 The saids Lands..with the Castles, Towers,..Links, Cunningares, and whole remanent Pertinentis of the samine.
1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 70 Many Millions of Trees are planted in a sandy Down, or Links, as they call them here, between the House and the Sea.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 8 A narrow strip of links formed of sand knolls fixed by means of bent and similar plants.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxii. 56 The Scots army was paraded on the links of Leith by..Leslie.
c. In plural. The ground on which golf is played, often resembling that described in b. In modern usage sometimes treated as a singular.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > golf course > [noun]
links1728
golf-course1890
golf-links1891
course1893
golf-green1894
1728 in Burton Lives Lovat & Culloden (1847) 330 This day,..I got the better of my son at the gouf in Musselburgh links.
1861 H. B. Farnie Fife Coast 115 The links lying at the house door, is a very famous one in the annals of golf.
1882 Stevenson (title) The Pavilion on the Links.
1884 Boy's Own Paper 26 Jan. Golf requires..a ‘links’, or ‘common’.
1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 311 The links of St. Andrews..holds premier place.
1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 317 It is a good links.
1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Oct. 55/2 Westward Ho! there is a very fine links.
1904 Daily Chron. 20 Aug. 9/5 On a suburban links.
1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress x. 122 His first act..had been to ascertain whether there was a links in the neighbourhood.
1933 H. S. Colt in M. A. F. Sutton Golf Courses 124 When..the links is stretched..an excellent test of golf is provided.
1972 R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. iv. 181 The following nouns invariably end in -s: alms..innings..links (..a golf-links).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
linkn.2
/lɪŋk/, U.S. /lɪŋk/ 1. † b. singular. A chain. Also transferred and figurative. Obsolete.
a. One of the series of rings or loops which form a chain. †Also, formerly, plural chains, fetters.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s)
bendc890
shacklea1000
bandc1175
bonda1325
aneus1360
warlockc1400
leashc1430
link?a1500
shackle1540
cramp-ring1567
locketa1643
restraint1650
pinion1733
manacle1838
span1856
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > chain > link
aneus1360
link?a1500
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > chain > link of
link?a1500
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2433 in Poems (1981) 91 Thinkand thairthrow to lok him in his linkis.
1505 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 100 Duo paria de lenks; duo paria de guyvies de ferro.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlix. 8 To bynde their kynges in cheynes, & their nobles with lynckes of yron.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 163 Two cheynes of golde, wherof the one conteyned .viii. lynkes.
1568 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 604 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 146 Þat no creatur Of lokkis nor linkkis [a1525 Asloan lynis] myt louss worth a lence.
a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 763 Sins follow one another like linkes in a Chaine.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 93 Nor ayre-lesse Dungeon, nor strong Linkes of Iron, Can be retentiue to the strength of spirit. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1410 I praise thy resolution, doff these links . View more context for this quotation
1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 460 Her hair was like the links o' gowd.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 17 All truths run into one another like the links of a chain.
1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon xi My broken chain With links unfasten'd did remain.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ix. 93 The strength of a chain is no greater than the strength of its first link.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > chain
chainc1300
carolc1425
racklea1500
link1570
chainage1611
slang1819
team1828
slag1857
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liv/2 A Linke, chaine, vinculum.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. v. 18 Woe unto you that draw iniquitie in cordes of vanitie, and sin as the linke of a wayne.
1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 254 Fastened to each other like a Link of Gally-slaves, by a light Chain.
1730 J. Swift Pulteney's Answer to Walpole in Wks. (1768) XIII. 246 A minister..whose whole management hath been a continued link of ignorance, blunders, and mistakes in every article.
c. One of the divisions, each being a hundredth part, of the chain used in surveying (see chain n. 9); used as a measure of length.In Gunter's chain of 4 poles length (the one in general use) the link is 7·92 inches. In the U.S. engineers and some surveyors use a chain of 100 links of 1 foot each.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > rod, pole, or perch > four poles or chain > hundredth of chain
link1661
1661 S. Partridge Descr. Double Scale Proportion 42 Let the breadth given be 7 chains, 50 links.
1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 80 [This] gives 555152 square links, or 5 acres, 2 roods, 8 perches.
d. Short for sleeve-link n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > cuff- or sleeve-link > [noun]
link1807
link-stud1881
sleeve-link1886
cuff-link1897
1807 Self Instructor 120 [Bill of Parcels] Card of eight points crystal links 0l. 14s. 0d.
1895 Army & Navy Coöp. Soc. Price List Studs, links, solitaires.
e. to let out the links, to act with more power, to put more into something.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > apply oneself vigorously > more vigorously
to let out the links1839
1839 Spirit of Times 6 Apr. 54/2 The horses came to the post... At this time Oscar began to let out a few additional links, and with a desperate rush parted company with Dandy, and won the heat handily.
1868 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster Trotting Horse Amer. xxxiv. 282 Lancet..in the third heat, let out the links in such a manner that he trotted it in 2 m. 25½ s.
1880 P. H. Burnett Recoll. Old Pioneer 110 [The buffaloes] let out a few more links, and ran much faster.
1942 Dict. Amer. Eng. III. 1429/1 To let out links, to make increased exertion or effort.
2. Something looped, or forming part of a chain-like arrangement.† b. Applied to the joints of the body. Obsolete.
a. A loop; a segment of a cord, etc.; a lock of hair. In Angling, one of the segments of which a hair-line is composed. Military (see quot. 18021).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > reins
rein1297
bridle reina1382
bridea1425
linkc1450
leading-rein1483
quinsell1598
bearing rein1790
bridoon rein1795
check-reina1809
ribbon1813
ribands1815
bit-rein1833
check-piece1833
nose-rein1844
lines1852
reinage1863
check1868
overdraw1870
single line1875
overcheck1963
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > annular quality > ring > loop > of rope, chain, or cloth
hank1388
linkc1450
boughta1475
eye1584
bight1622
loop1718
ropemaker's eye1854
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > other parts of line
warp1496
linka1609
tought1676
tippet1825
trace1839
tipping1881
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 3 Be þe wyndas of þi mynde, wyth þis roop made myȝty in thre lynkes, schal be turnyd vp þe bokett of þi desyre.
1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hiij Whan ye haue as many of the lynkys as ye suppose wol suffyse for the length of a lyne: thenne must ye knytte theym togyder wyth a water knotte or elles a duchys knotte.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.jv Some made knottes of lynkes endes Some the stay rope suerly byndes.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 19 Sir, a new lincke to the bucket must needes be had. View more context for this quotation
a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xi. sig. B2v The Linke that holds your Hooke to hang vpon.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 108 The line should not exceed, especially for three or four links towards the hook, I say, not exceed three or four haires. View more context for this quotation
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Links, in the art of war, are distinct reins, or thongs of leather used by the cavalry to link their horses together, when they dismount, that they may not disperse.
1802 W. B. Daniel Rural Sports II. 149 In the making lines, every hair in every link should be equally big, round, and even.
a1825 Twa Sisters xix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 135/2 You'll tak three links of my yellow hair.
1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 117 We learn to say a stitch in needlework, a loop or link in knitting.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > [noun]
lithc1000
jointc1290
jointure1382
conjunctionc1400
article?a1425
juncture?a1500
linka1547
articulation1578
flexion1607
coarticulation1615
de-articulation1615
syntax1615
internodium1653
saddle joint1867
a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 8 Thes jontes, thes lynkes, Be ruffe, and halfe rustye.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 278 There's the weight of a millstane on aboon the links o' my neck.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 21 He had as mony links an' wimples in his tail as an eel.
c. One of the divisions of a chain of sausages or black puddings. (Chiefly plural) Now dialect. Also links of love; (dialect) link-hide, link-meat.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [noun] > chain of sausages > division in
linkc1440
hot link1907
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 306/1 Lynke, or sawcistre, hilla.
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 443 Some podynges and lynkes.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Andouille, a linke, or chitterling.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 83/1 Links, a kind of Pudding, the skin being filled with Pork Flesh..and tied up at distances.
a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 191 In Suffolk black puddings made in guts are called links.
1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 260 Reserving the lengthier links for the seniors.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Link,..a sausage... We call two together a latch of links. In some other counties, a far more correct expression is used, ‘a link of sausages’.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 51/2 Links, black puddings.
1869 Overland Monthly 3 130 It consists of swine's flesh, bread, sage, and other matters..chopped fine, and then squirted out into links from the end of a sausage-gun.
1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 133 An' links o' puddin's, black to see, An' yowe~milk kebbuck.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 129 Link hides, sausage skins, the intestines of a pig prepared and stuffed... Link-meat, mince-meat.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 56 Shiny links packed with forcemeat fed his gaze.
1942 Weekly Tel. (Sheffield) 28 Nov. 10/1 A war-time member of the naval service sends the following glossary,..links of love, sausages.
1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 71 Links of love, sausages. Cf. Bags of Mystery and Mystery Torpedoes.
d. plural. Windings of a stream; also, the ground lying along such windings. Scottish.
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?a1700 in W. Nimmo Hist. Stirlingshire (1777) 440 The lairdship of the bonny Links of Forth, Is better than an Earldom in the North.
1805 in W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel Notes 287 In the links of Ousenam water They fand him sleeping sound.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 84 The Links of Forth shall hear the knell.
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 183 We wandered for some time among the links made by this winding stream.
3.
a. A connecting part, whether in material or immaterial sense; a thing (occasionally a person) serving to establish or maintain a connection; a member of a series or succession; a means of connexion or communication. missing link: see missing link n. 1.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > that which connects or bond
bridgeOE
chain1377
bond1382
connex1490
link1548
conjunction1570
solder1599
claspa1674
vinculum1678
tie1711
concatenation1726
umbilical cord1753
thread1818
colligation1850
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > fact or action of being linked or linking > one who or that which > a connecting link
link1548
copulative1615
root1632
copula1656
nexus1663
juncturea1676
tie1711
connecting link1797
interlinka1834
hyphen1868
the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > that which connects or bond > person as connection
link1712
linkman1909
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > member or item in a series
article1606
link1732
term1792
member1816
serie1840
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxxiij A conuenient mariage..whiche should be a lincke necessary, to knit together the realme of Scotlande and England.
a1575 G. Gascoigne Deuise of Maske in Posies liii Whose brother had like wise your daughter tane to wife, And so by double lynkes enchaynde themselues in louers life.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 914 I feel The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh, Bone of my Bone thou art. View more context for this quotation
1712 A. Pope in Spectator No. 408. Man seems to be placed as the middle Link between Angels and Brutes.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. i. 69 Being able to see no further than one link in a chain of Consequences.
1803 T. Winterbottom Acct. Native Africans Sierra Leone I. xii. 202 The connecting link between the homo sapiens and his supposed progenitor the oran outang.
1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 284/1 A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous... A moment's interval, and the link is snapped.
1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. ii. 4 I had severed the link between myself and my former condition.
1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple xx. 229 Every link in his argument gives way.
1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. ii. 47 He is a connecting link between two widely different phases of thought.
1905 H. W. Nevinson Bks. & Personalities 172 Link by link from its small beginning we see the fateful chain of character wrought out.
1928 New Ventures in Broadcasting (B.B.C.) iv. 36 A link might be established with local groups.
1928 New Ventures in Broadcasting (B.B.C.) App. B. 104 There is a very close link between the broadcasting company ‘Ravag’ and the Vienna Society for Popular Education.
1948 Internat. Road Federation London Bull. July–Dec. 9/1 When that is done the first link in the United States of Europe will have been forged.
1968 Times 19 Feb. 6/6 The contrast between most backbench speakers and the highly professional commentators who did the links was sharp.
1975 Sunday Times 23 Feb. 15/3 The major Press conference announcing the link between the kidnapping and the Dudley shooting produced..more than 700 lines of inquiry.
b. ‘Any intermediate rod or piece transmitting motive power from one part of a machine to another’. Also = link-motion n. at Compounds 2 (in recent dictionaries).
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1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 30 And E [is] a link to couple the pin A and the crank D together, so that motion may be communicated to the shaft C.
c. Mathematics. (See quot. 1894.)
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun]
line1559
lineola1715
link1866
linearity1904
1866 A. Cayley in Coll. Math. Papers (1892) V. 521 The ordinary singularities of a plane curve would thus be the node, the cusp, the link, and the flex.
1874 Sylvester in Proc. Royal Inst. 7 182 First conceive a rhomb or diamond formed by four equal links joined to one another.
1894 Cayley in Coll. Math. Papers (1897) XIII. 506 It will be convenient to speak of the line joining the two given points as the link.
d. Music. (See quot. 1880.)
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1880 J. Stainer Composition §108. 90 When it is desired to unite two sections by a musical progression of one or more bars,..the added portion is considered as external to the rhythmic form, and has been appropriately termed a link.
e. A means of travel or transport established between two particular places.
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society > travel > means of travel > [noun]
communication1715
link1869
1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 115 The use of the intervening link from Askerne to Knottingley..is also permanently secured.
1928 Econ. Geogr. IV. 221 A river link..occurs between Tura and Tavda... These links are characteristic of undeveloped regions.
1934 Highways & Bridges 10 July 4/1 The opening of this important section..will prove..a road link of the greatest value.
1950 Internat. Road Federation London Bull. Jan. 10/2 A ferry link will cross Cabot Strait.
1961 Assessment Highway Requirements S. Wales & Monmouthshire (British Road Federation) 19 It is advised that the link between Haverfordwest..and Milford Haven..should be widened to provide a single 3-lane carriageway.
1975 Vogue 1 Mar. 139/2 (advt.) Air-link services via Barcelona, Genoa, Marseilles.
f. A means of telecommunication established between two particular points.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > link or network
link1911
tie-up1927
1911 World's Work XVIII. 578/2 Signals had been flashed through the air from Canada to Great Britain and..the Atlantic was spanned by a new and invisible link.
1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 1047/2 The superheterodyne method..is sometimes used for the ‘wireless link’ between studio and transmitting station in place of the land-line.
1928 Daily Tel. 23 Oct. 8/3 President Coolidge, speaking over the radio-link between White House and the workshop of the great inventor, lauded Mr. Edison as the embodiment of the finest traditions of American citizenship.
1957 B.B.C. Handbk. 59 The vision signals from remote outside broadcast points are carried back to the main television network by BBC microwave or VHF radio links.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio i. 18 The links between the various centres may be landlines or radio links.
1964 J. K. S. Jowett in F. J. D. Taylor Goonhilly Project 2 A broadband link to the inland network..is used for demonstration purposes—in particular, transatlantic interchange of television programmes.
1972 Sci. Amer. Feb. 15/1 Microwaves do not bend with the curvature of the earth, so that for long links it is necessary to use repeaters that receive, amplify and retransmit the signal.
g. [translating Russian zveno.] The name of a small labour unit on a collective farm in the U.S.S.R. Hence link leader; link system n. a system of organizing collective farming into links.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > worker on collective farm > labour unit
link1939
production brigade1950
the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > types of farming
high culture1771
scientific farming1789
metaying1792
high farming1815
petite culture1848
sharefarming1857
urban agriculture1860
bush-farming1866
mixed farming1872
dry farming1878
co-aration1883
co-ploughing1883
smallholding1889
power-farming1913
dry-land farming1914
third(s)-and-fourth(s)1940
link system1950
green revolution1968
1939 L. E. Hubbard Econ. Soviet Agric. xvii. 165 Each brigade was further subdivided into a number of detachments known as svena or links, often consisting of relations or members of families living in close proximity.
1950 Times 22 Feb. 3/5 Mr. A. A. Andreev..was said to have encouraged during the past 10 years the ‘link’ system of labour, which..is less effective..than the..‘brigade’ system. The article blamed the ‘link’ system for a shortfall in grain and sugar beet deliveries.
1950 Soviet Stud. I. 261 Piece-work for individuals and small groups was introduced and the work of the link came to be planned... ‘Link’, the smaller regular working group of collective farm members (averaging about ten people). Several ‘links’ make a ‘brigade’.
1950 Soviet Stud. I. 290 Much benefit was derived from..consultations of link leaders.
1958 R. D. Laird Collective Farming Russ. iv. ix. 125 As a result of the link system, labor discipline amounted to a major problem.
1958 R. D. Laird Collective Farming Russ. iv. xi. 154 The brigade leader has a much greater opportunity to effect ‘labor-discipline’ than did the link leader.
1965 Economist 18 Dec. 1283/1 The ‘links’ are a veiled compromise between the American type of large-scale farming and the Soviet collective method.
h. Hockey, Association Football, and Rugby Football. = linkman n.2 b(c). Also attributive.In some examples not a clearly distinguishable technical term.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions
wing-back1734
goalkeeper1789
outfielder1855
quarter1857
centre fielder1865
outfield1867
quarterback1867
right1867
centre1868
left wing1871
left-back1873
left half-back1873
centre forward1874
left-centre1877
right-centre1877
centre back1878
centre half-back1879
forward1879
back1880
right wing1880
right half-back1881
goaltender1882
right-winger1882
wing1882
centre half1884
left winger1884
inside1886
half1887
custodian1888
left half1888
midfielder1888
left wing1889
right half1889
centreman1890
midfield1890
outside right1890
outfieldsman1891
goalie1894
winger1896
infield1897
inside forward1897
inside right1897
outside forward1897
outside1898
outside left1900
rearguard1904
pivot1911
wing-man1942
keeper1957
link1958
linkman1963
midfield1976
1958 K. Pelmear & J. E. Morpurgo Rugby Football viii. 319 Next came the innovation of the stand-off half, thereby making two links.
1962 G. Green in B. Glanville Footballer's Compan. ii. 209 Didi, floating about mysteriously in midfield, was always the master link.
1963 Rugby World June 24/3 Which is preferable—the fly-half as a link or as a tactical general and spearhead in attack?
1963 Rugby World June 25/2 Neither..is primarily in the ‘link’ category.
1966 Hockey Coaching (Hockey Assoc.) ii. 111 The half-back line is the link between the forwards and backs.
1969 B. James England v Scotland x. 233 The superiority of Baxter and Law, the Scottish midfield link players, over their English counterparts.
1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 26/3 Finch has improved considerably since he was moved to right-back after filling the left-back and link positions.
1971 Times 15 Feb. 9/1 Rest were handicapped by Purdy, playing at link, with a hand which became increasingly painful.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > in connection with [phrase]
in link1581
in connection with1768
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together
link?a1412
enlink1560
in link1581
interchain1600
concatenate1622
interlink1622
enchain1642
necklace1702
leash1854
to link up1897
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 234 Seeing the soule and body ioyne so freindly in lincke.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Link,..Also a thin Plate of Metal to solder with.
6. A machine for linking or joining together the loops of fabrics.
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1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Linkers, workers (females) of links, that is machines for joining or linking together the loops of fabrics.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
link-belt n.
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1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Feb. 188/2 An endless link~belt or chain.
link-chain n.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 157 The links are then to be riveted on the pivots, each pivot receiving two of them, and thus holding the hinge together, on the principle of a link-chain or hinge.
link pattern n.
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1901 Scotsman 1 Mar. 5/5 A link pattern chain.
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link-block n. Steam-engine the block actuated by the link-motion and giving motion to a valve-stem.
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1876 Sci. Amer. XXXV. 230/1 Improved Link Block for Locomotives,..an improved adjustable link block, claimed to fit tightly in the link and to wear it equally.
link buttons n. a pair of buttons linked by a thread, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button > pair of
link buttons1895
1834 E. W. Brayley in Graphic & Hist. Illustr. 125 Linked Cloak Buttons.., of silver, and exactly alike.]
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 170 All our cuff buttons, except link buttons, have patent lever backs.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 170 (caption) Gold filled, engraved link buttons... $1.10.
1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour ii. 30/2 Link buttons, two flat buttons held together with several threads covered with blanket stitches. Used as cuff links.
link-lever n. ‘the reversing lever of a locomotive’ (1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.).
link-motion n. (a) Steam-engine a valve-gear for reversing the motion of the engine, etc., consisting of two eccentrics and their rods, which give motion to a slide-valve by means of a ‘link’; (b) Geometry a linkage in which all the points describe definite curves in the same plane or in parallel planes ( Cent. Dict.).
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1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 259/2 Link-motion, a new apparatus for reversing steam-engines.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 168 Starting ahead or astern is effected by link motion.
1877 [see link-structure n.]. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 505/1 In Stephenson's link-motion—the earliest and still the most usual form—the link is [etc.].
link plate n. a plate with the staple of a lock attached, for fastening down upon a surface.
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1842 J. Done Tuner's Comp. (ed. 4) 15 Lock, key, escutcheon, link plate... The link plate is let into that part of the case corresponding with the lock.
link road n. a road serving to link two or more major roads or centres.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > road linking centres or roads
link road1934
farm-to-market1936
1934 Highways & Bridges 24 July 5/2 New link road from the Bedford–Hitchin road..to the Bedford–Luton road;..a 60 ft. link road from the Bedford–Ampthill road..to the Luton road.
1948 T. Sharp Oxf. Replanned 9 The construction of the new Southern By~pass and the important link-road approximately along the line to Roman Way will make it even better for industrial purposes.
1961 Assessment Highway Requirements S. Wales & Monmouthshire (British Road Federation) 18 A similar problem exists on the link road between Treharris and Cardiff.
1970 Milestones Spring 35/1 A..link road from the M23 to the A23 near Gatwick airport will start from a roundabout over the motorway at Burstow.
1972 Times 26 Oct. 3/1 It was the eighth of 32 spans that make up the M4 link road bridge.
link rod n. (a) a rod which joins the levers on the steered stub axles of a motor vehicle; (b) each of the rods which connect pistons to wrist pins on the master rod in a radial internal-combustion engine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > rods
link rod1925
con-rod1931
1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xv. 137 The driver of the lorry..was..repeating the same words over and over again... ‘The bloomin' link-rod dropped. I can't think 'ow it came to 'appen. Just when they was passin' me—too. The bloomin' link-rod.’
1928 A. L. Dyke Aircraft Engine Instructor ii. 14 The master rod connects to the top or No. 1 piston. The other eight pistons are connected to the eight link rods, the other ends of which bear against bronze bushings on the knuckle pins.
1929 H. T. Rutter Mod. Motors II. ix. 333 (caption) Front axle of Daimler, showing link rod.
1946 J. W. Vale Aviation Mechanic's Engine Man. i. 16 The master rod forms a bearing on the main crankpin and the remaining link rods form a bearing on the knuckle pin arrangement of the master rod assembly.
1970 K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook ix. 108/1 Remove the cotter pins from the nuts securing the head pins of both link rod and nearside track rod.
link-staff n. Surveying = offset staff n. at offset n. Compounds.
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1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 59 At every chain length, lay the offset-staff, or link-staff, down in the slope of the chain.
link-structure n. Mathematics a linkage or link-work.
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1877 A. B. Kempe How to draw Straight Line 6 When such a combination is pivoted in any way to a fixed base, the motion of points on it not being necessarily confined to fixed paths, the link-structure is called a ‘link-work’: a ‘link-work’ in which the motion of every point is in some definite path being..termed a ‘link-motion’.
link-stud n. = 1d.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > cuff- or sleeve-link > [noun]
link1807
link-stud1881
sleeve-link1886
cuff-link1897
1881 C. E. Turner in Macmillan's Mag. XLIV. 307 Two gold English link-studs.
link-verb n. = copula n. 1.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > copula
couple1628
copula1649
copulative1751
thought-sign1852
appredicatea1856
link-verb1892
1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 94 We call such verbs link-verbs, because they serve to connect the predicate with its subject. To be is a pure link-verb, that is, a pure form-word, devoid of independent meaning.
1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. (1939) xiii. 126 It..serves to connect this with the subject as what is technically termed a copula or link-verb.
1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iii. 191 Link-verbs like to abide..differ from the link-verb to be in that their original meaning is not entirely lost.
link-word n. any part of speech performing a linking function.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > relative or connective
referent1635
connective1751
subjunctivea1831
link-word1871
relational1895
relation word1909
relator1933
relativizer1941
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue ix. 434 I somewhat vary the scope of the term ‘Link-word’ by comprising within it both prepositions and conjunctions.
1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 95 Other link-words, while having the same grammatical function of connecting subject and predicate, have also definite meanings of their own.
1947 W. S. Allen Living Eng. Struct. 235 ‘Who’, ‘what’, ‘which’,..etc., are very important as link-words.
1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 200/2 The computer compiles lists of the words used, and nouns, qualifying words and ‘link’ words can be sorted out by human intervention before retrieval programs are written.
link-work n. (a) work composed of or arranged in links; (b) see quot. 1855; (c) Geometry a system of lines, pivoted together so as to rotate about one another (for Sylvester's restricted use see quot. 1874).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > other decorative metalwork
link-work1530
frost1702
rullion1707
bent iron work1902
wriggled work1906
tole1946
wriggle-work1960
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xxviii. f. li Thou shalt make hokes off golde and two cheynes off fine golde: lynkeworke and wrethed.
1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Link-work, the general term applied in mechanics to that species of gearing by which motions are transmitted by links, and not by wheels or bands.
1874 Sylvester in Proc. Royal Inst. 7 182 (note) A link-work consists of an odd number of bars, a linkage of an even number.
link-worming n. protection of a rope by ‘worming’ it with chains (1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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Computing. An instruction or code which serves as a connection between two parts of a program, or between consecutive elements of a list. Cf. linked list n. at linked adj. Additions.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > elements of flow
link1951
return1952
re-entry point1961
hot link1986
1951 M. V. Wilkes et al. Prepar. Programs for Electronic Digital Computer i. iii. 22 Any order may be punched on the tape for the last order of the subroutine, since it is overwritten by the link order.
1962 Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 39 Link, an instruction or address for leaving a closed subroutine on its completion in order to return to some desired point in the routine from which the subroutine was entered.
1967 D. G. Hays Introd. Computational Linguistics ii. 30 In the block of storage set aside for the list, let the first cell be a link.
1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. x. 57 Pointers may also be called links.
1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 190/3 The program includes a script link option that allows one script to call another.
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link house n. [compare Swedish kedjehus] a house joined to its neighbour by only a single room, garage, or the like.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style
hall-house1467
longhouse1643
bungalow1676
single housea1684
tower-house1687
villa1755
box1773
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
mews1805
cottage1808
terrace house1817
casita1822
villa dwelling1833
villa residence1833
box-house1846
six-roomer1853
terrace1854
tembe1860
moat house1871
parlour house1871
row house1871
salt-box1876
trullo1898
townhouse1900
colonial1903
semi1912
Cape Cod1916
bungaloid1927
semi-detached1928
ranchette1938
solar house1946
rambler1947
rancher1950
ranch1951
tunnel-back1957
sidesplit1958
two-up-and-two-downer1958
two-up two-down1958
semi-det1960
A-frame1963
townhouse1965
tri-level1965
link house1968
split1970
dormer bungalow1977
1967 E. Rockwell tr. H. Hoffmann (title) One-family housing. Solutions to an urban dilemma. Terrace houses. Patio houses. Linked houses.]
1968 Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok (Svenska Bokförlaget) 358/2 Kedjehus, link house.
1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 37/1 (advt.) A three bedroomed centrally heated link house with brick garage and easily manageable gardens in first class order throughout.
1977 Grimsby Evening Tel. 27 May 17/9 (advt.) Spacious link house now being built in Hawerby Road, Laceby.
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link farm n. Computing (a) a source tree consisting mostly of links to files in another source tree, typically to avoid the unnecessary duplication of files; (b) a set of web pages created with the sole aim of linking to a target page, in an attempt to improve that page's search engine ranking.
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1989 Patch File #2 (Patchlevel 2) Avail. in comp.protocols.kerberos (Usenet newsgroup) 18 Apr. Remove extraneous mkdir's when creating a new source tree link farm.
1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 258 Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree.
2001 Revolution (Nexis) 28 Nov. 26 Companies often try to fool search engines..by setting up what are known as ‘link farms’—pages containing thousands of links to a certain document.
2006 Wired Sept. 106/2 To mimic this popularity, spammers create bogus networks of interconnected sites called link farms.
2009 M. Miller Compl. Idiot's Guide to Search Engine Optimization iii. 34 When soliciting inbound links to your site, avoid link farms and other sites that have obvious artificial links.
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A string of text or (part of) an image in a web page, email, or other electronic document, which can be clicked on in order to access a web page, file, etc., or to view a particular part of the document itself (cf. hyperlink n.); (also) a URL.
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1989 InfoWorld 26 June 14/4 Icons are used to indicate the presence of Hyperlinks in a document and, when selected, display information associated with the link.
1997 J. Seabrook Deeper v. 163 Hit a site, browse it, see a link, click on it, and get transferred to another site.
2004 C. Toporek Inside .Mac vii. 245 If you give them the link of http://homepage.mac.com/membername/default.html, the page would be viewable in their web browser.
2017 Daily Mirror 31 Mar. 52 Never click on links in emails asking you to confirm personal details.
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linkn.3
/lɪŋk/, U.S. /lɪŋk/ 1.
a. A torch made of tow and pitch (? sometimes of wax or tallow), formerly much in use for lighting people along the streets.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > for lighting people across the streets
link1526
link-light1843
1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 163 The Secretary..[to have] from the last of October unto the first day of Aprill three lynckes by the weeke.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 239/2 Lynke, torche.
1580–1 Act 23 Eliz. c. 8 §3 Any maner of..Wares wrought with Waxe, as in Lightes Staftorches..Lynckes Greene Waxe Red Waxe or any other worke..wrought with Waxe.
1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Emanuel sig. Ci Lynkes gaue light to the night, and causd their swoords to be glistring.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 41 Thou hast saued me a thousand Markes in Linkes, and Torches. View more context for this quotation
1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. E v Giue me my booke Club, put out thy Linke, and come behind vs.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xviii. vi. 114 To set upon an horse backe a burning lampe,..that the Persians weening it to be a tallow linke giving light before the captaine softly marching, might take their course that way especially.
1685 A. Wood Life 13 Apr. Twenty-four lyncks burning on Merton Coll. Tower between 9 and 10 at night.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4280/5 Whoever shall..presume to..sell any such Links not weighing 14 l. and upwards to the Dozen..will be prosecuted.
1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 245 Frank..without answering, dashed his link in the villain's face, and bade the chairman go on.
1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse iv. i. 52 Our links burn dimly.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iii. 251 His face and figure were full in the strong glare of the link.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. ix. 154 Though the links were there, the link-boys had run away.
b. A link-boy.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries > one employed to carry
link-boy1660
moon-curser1673
lightman1697
light1712
linkman1716
link1845
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. vii. 87 ‘I think I should like to be a link, Jim,’ said the young one.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 144 Corney is sovereign of the elective monarchy of Links.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun]
blatchOE
bleckc1440
bleacha1500
bleaching?1518
black1558
bletch1570
blacking?1571
linka1616
denigrator1658
black wash1684
shoe-blacking1735
burnt corkc1800
1597 ‘M. Mumchance’ Discouerie Art of Cheating sig. D2 This Cosenage is vsed likewise in selling olde Hats found vpon dunghils in steede of new, blackt ouer with the smoake of an olde Linke.]
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 120 There was no Linke to colour Peters hat. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. viii. §56. 212/1 They melt black Pitch, and afterwards dip a Wick of Flax, Hemp, or the like, in it, which we sell by the Name of Links [Fr. Bougie noire], and is us'd sometimes to black Shoes withal.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
link-extinguisher n.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
snitelc1000
candle-quencher1382
sniters1382
sniting tongsa1425
snuffer1465
sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
out-quencher1535
candle-snuffer1552
snufter1558
extinguisher1562
dout1573
douter1622
topper1688
link-extinguisher1859
squencher1871
1859 R. Nares Gloss. (new ed.) Link-extinguishers, large extinguishers attached to the railings of houses formerly used by the link men for extinguishing their links.
1899 W. Churchill Richard Carvell 219 Lanthorns and link extinguishers.
link-light n.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > for lighting people across the streets
link1526
link-light1843
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. ix. 115 We have lights, link-lights and rush-lights of an enlightened free Press.
C2.
link-burnt adj.
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1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 123 Give me the beggar's basket link-burnt through.
link-lighted adj.
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1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xix. 202 I felt as if I had come from the clouds, where I had been leading a romantic life for ages, to a bawling, splashing, link-lighted..world.
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linkadj.
/lɪŋk/, U.S. /lɪŋk/ Not pious, not orthodox (in religion).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective]
unrighteouseOE
hinderfulc1200
undevouta1300
unreligiousa1382
unkindc1390
unpiteous?c1400
indevout?1504
ungodly1526
godless1528
profane1568
ungodded1579
impious1585
unhalloweda1616
godforsaken?1623
devoteless1650
atheistic1677
undivine1686
Heaven-abandoned1720
indevotea1742
unctionless1842
indevotional1865
link1889
1889 Referee 3 Feb. 2/3 ‘Dolly’, who was a Jewess, but one who was link rather than froom, was about forty years old.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto II. 90 ‘Suppose,’ she said slowly, ‘I wanted to marry a Christian?..if I was to marry a very link Jew, you'd think it almost as bad.’
1907 I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies ii. 380 But I am so link (irreligious).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
linkv.1
/lɪŋk/, U.S. /lɪŋk/ 1. transitive. To couple or join with or as with a link (in or into a chain, in amity, etc.). (Also absol.)
a. two or more things together.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > relate or connect one thing to another
tiec1000
link?a1412
mate1594
tack1683
relate1697
bridge1834
connect1881
to tie up1888
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together
link?a1412
enlink1560
in link1581
interchain1600
concatenate1622
interlink1622
enchain1642
necklace1702
leash1854
to link up1897
?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 76 In love he lynketh them that be vertuous.
c1420 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes ii, in G. Chaucer Wks. (1561) 364 b Trouth and mercy linked in a Cheine.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iiv In as wordes fewe As I goodly may I shall lyke in fere The Storyes of Englande and Fraunce.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 365 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 106 Tharwith [sc. other armorial bearings] lynkit in a lyng..He bure a lyon as lord of gowlis.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 612/1 They be so faste lynked togyther by maryage that it wyll be harde to sowe a discorde bytwene them.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi Depe in this pynynge pytte with wo I lygge ystocked, with chaynes lynked of care & of tene.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lii. 108 Two persons linked in amitie.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 26 Sometimes they linke three or foure together.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 133 Linked together by many promises, and professions, and by an entire conjunction in guilt.
1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 71 Whilst men are linked together they..speedily communicate the alarm of any evil design.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 398 The boy, who..Sits linking cherry-stones or platting rush.
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music at Appogiature In bold and energetic movements, a chain of appogiatures..serve to link the greater intervals.
1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron in Wks. (1846) II. 318 The clapping of hands (so lately linked) hath ceased.
1865 C. Kingsley Hereward xv Your fortunes and his are linked together.
1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado i, in Orig. Plays Ser. (1895) 3rd Ser. 179 That all who flirted, leered or winked (Unless connubially linked) Should forthwith be beheaded.
1928 New Ventures in Broadcasting (B.B.C.) iv. 31 The aim of the B.B.C. is to link together the various national systems for the benefit of the Empire.
1935 R. C. Woodthorpe Shadow on Downs ix. 237 Men began to put up pillars of concrete and link them easily by girders of steel.
1959 Science 16 Oct. 954/3 Design effort must be directed toward ensuring that records can be linked in spite of such discrepancies.
1962 K. W. Gatland Astronautics in Sixties xi. 344 One proposed method of linking two vehicles in orbit has been outlined.
b. one thing (in) with or (on) to another. Also occasionally (without construction) = to secure with a link or chain.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together > link (one thing) with or to another
link1412
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with chain
chain1393
link1693
shackle1834
warrok1894
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. ii So was malice linked with innocence.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 638/2 Vnto al their olde heresyes to lynke an whole chaine of newe.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxviii. 125 Our chaine That lingth vs to credence: is not auctoritie.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xvi. 287 Abraham would not linke his sonne with the wicked.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Llv Yet is he lincked to a louely lasse.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 175 They [viz. certain serpents]..lincke or claspe themselues about their necks and bodies.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 133 All this will soon Follow, as to him linkt in weal or woe. View more context for this quotation
1693 G. Stepney tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires viii. 157 Driving himself a Chariot down the Hill, And (tho a Consul) links himself the Wheel.
1799 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 268 I am not for linking ourselves by new treaties with the quarrels of Europe.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xvi. 177 Strong fetters link him to the rock.
1842 R. H. Barham Misadventures Margate in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 157 Don't link yourself with vulgar folks.
1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. iii. 52 A Gospel which should link itself on with whatever had occupied the philosophic mind.
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 104 Linked in, indeed, identified with the..swarming life of modern Rome.
1880 M. Oliphant He that will Not xxxviii Bell linking herself on to his arm, and Marie holding his hand.
1962 B.B.C. Handbk. 47 All these studios outside London..can be linked into the network at short notice.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. B4 One of Mercantile's selling points, particularly to the Canadian export–import community, is that we can link into the Citibank international system.
1969 L. Jensen in J. N. Rosenau Linkage Politics v. x. 311 How a state links itself with the external environment depends upon what it believes will maximize its power.
c. Military. To tie (horses) together with ‘links’ (see quot. 1895). Also absol. (See also linked adj. b.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tie together
link1797
neck1857
soga1902
1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) App. 247 The horses..link to the center under the bridle reins... All officers link at their posts in squadron.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) The whole go to the left about together, and link.
1895 E. Wood Cavalry Waterloo Campaign v. 119 Most of the riders had slept at the horses' heads with an arm passed through the reins, though in some Regiments they were ‘linked’. Note, Horses are said to be linked when the collar chains or head-ropes are passed through the links of the head-collars of the horses on either side.
d. To pass (one's arm) through or in another's.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > arms or hands > specific arms > link one's arm through another's
link1843
1843 R. Browning Return of Druses in Bells & Pomegranates No. IV v. (init.) Come, old Nasif—link thine arm in mine.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles ii. v. 173 Anthony..linking his arm within his lordship's.
1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 349 Mr. Pokyr, linking his arm through that of his friend.
1872 R. Browning Fifine i O trip and skip, Elvire! Link arm in arm with me!
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 29 Nino..linked an arm in his as we went away.
e. to link in (figurative): to entice, beguile. Now dialect.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > subtly or deceptively
bicharrec1175
inveigle1549
stale1557
entrap1566
to link in1592
solicit1592
beguile1594
insinuate1594
cozen1599
milka1625
trick1707
veigle1745
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. A4 Hath your smooth lookes linckt in some yong Nouice?
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Link, to entice; beguile; mislead. ‘They linked him in along with a passel o' good-for-nothin' runagates’.
2.
a. intransitive. To be coupled, joined, or connected (e.g. in friendship, marriage, etc.). Also followed by together.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)]
belong1340
pertaina1382
pretend1481
appertaina1500
link?1544
touch?1611
relate1646
rapport1649
connect1709
to tie in1938
to tie up1959
?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. B.ii Wynkinge to drynkinge is alway lynkinge.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 A cluster Of theyre companions they let in, thee coompanye lincketh.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 115 I were loath to linke with him, that is not lawful heir.
a1618 W. Raleigh Instr. to Sonne ii, in Remains (1661) 84 Though thou canst not forbear to love, yet forbear to link.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 116 Fiercest Creatures..In Love and close Alliance link.
1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Link..to enter into a Cabal or Company of Robbers, Rioters, or Rebels.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 141 No one generation could link with the other. View more context for this quotation
1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Oct. 5/1 We ought forthwith to link in with the Cape Railway system on our southern border.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. v. [Lotus Eaters] 75 Those two sluts..linked together in the rain.
1962 K. W. Gatland Astronautics in Sixties xi. 341 The ability of two vehicles to match speed and link together in orbit.
b. To go arm in arm, or hand in hand.
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1819 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. Carel Fair, Sae we link'd, an' we laugh'd, an' we chatter'd.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. ii. 55 Clapping palms wi' them, and linking at their dances and daffings.
1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. x. 140 Linking home arm-in-arm like douce guidman and guidwife.
3.
a. to link up, to connect, combine, join up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > be or become connected [verb (intransitive)] > be or become linked
accede?a1475
yoke?a1513
tie1867
to link up1897
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together
link?a1412
enlink1560
in link1581
interchain1600
concatenate1622
interlink1622
enchain1642
necklace1702
leash1854
to link up1897
transitive.
intransitive.1915 H. G. Wells Boon 211 Every one with ideas..had to refer to that doctrinal core, had to link up to it.1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose i. xxiv. 147 Did I tell you that or has its connection with what you said only linked up in me since we parted?1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 393/3 Music lines through Belgium to the whole of Germany..are envisaged for..1930, while it may also be possible to link up to Scandinavia through Hamburg.1974 ‘E. Lathen’ Sweet & Low xxiii. 217 The Russians and the Americans linked up in space... Every radio in New York was tuned to that docking.1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 364 The mouth of the valley..which I visited for the purpose of linking up the rough survey Garwood and I made.
1927 E. O'Neill Marco Millions ii. ii. 45 Their necks, waists, and right ankles linked up by chains.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 11 Efforts are being made to link up other countries.
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 68 The fundamental method which links up all the information obtained.
b. to link up with (used as in sense 3a):
(a) in general contexts.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together > establish a link with
to link up with1899
tiea1912
to hook up1925
1899 E. G. White Testimonies for Church (1904) VIII. 188 You were willing to link up with them if they would second your propositions.
1903 Studio XXVIII. 159/1 To discuss the efforts of the lesser known men who link up the painters of 1830 with those of 1870.
1912 Q. Rev. July 231 The limit is entirely a question of alighting—a problem linked up with ‘variable speed’ aeroplanes.
1915 H. G. Wells Boon 174 Here is the sort of thing that I invite the intelligent reader to link up if he can with the very natural phenomenon of [etc.].
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 373 Our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords.
1928 Sweet Shop Nov. 6/3 The display man..should link up his shop with the advertisement.
1930 Times 15 Mar. 19/4 Our company has always been linked up with the trade to..South America.
1957 E. Bott Family & Social Network viii. 217 Many of the individuals and groups to which an urban family is related are not linked up with one another.
1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 78 Napkins, tea~cosies, etc., can be designed to link up with the tablecloth or mats.
(b) By some means of transport or system of communication.
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society > travel > means of travel > [verb (transitive)]
to speak with ——1659
to link up with1907
1907 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 55 374/1 The linking up of railway stations with outlying country districts by means of mechanically propelled road vehicles.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 658/1 It is freely mooted that Berlin and Munich will also be linked-up with this system [of airships].
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 329/1 Switches linked it [sc. a monorail system] up with other lengths of line.
1934 Highways & Bridges 24 July 4/4 A new road..would be needed..to link up with the main road.
1937 Discovery May 163/2 The network of air lines which now links up the United States with Central and South America.
1961 Assessment Highway Requirements S. Wales & Monmouthshire (British Road Federation) 3 Wasting money on local improvements which will not in the end link up with an overall system.
1961 Assessment Highway Requirements S. Wales & Monmouthshire (British Road Federation) 16 It should link up with the by~pass there.
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f. To associate in speech, thought, writing, etc., with or to.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together > link (one thing) with or to another > specifically in speech, thought, or writing
link1851
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xli. 200 One of the wild suggestings referred to, as at last coming to be linked with the White Whale in the minds of the superstitiously inclined, was the unearthly conceit that Moby Dick was ubiquitous.
1921 J. Moffatt Approach to New Testament i. 60 In the so called Zadokite document of Jewish piety..the idea of a new covenant..began to be linked to the expectation of a Messiah.
1938 Time 28 Feb. 63/3 His saccharine cinema roles and cream-puff publicity have all too closely linked the word ‘beauty’ with the name ‘Taylor’.
1950 J. A. Mason in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. 265 Sacuya..is generally linked with Remo and probably is a subgroup.
1975 E. L. Doctorow Ragtime (1976) vii. 39 Her name was linked with dozens of men around town.
1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xlvii. 370 She made a brief traverse through the gossip columns when her name was linked with that of a cabinet minister.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
linkv.2
/lɪŋk/, U.S. /lɪŋk/, Scottish English /lɪŋk/ Scottish and northern dialect.
a. intransitive. To move nimbly, pass quickly along; to trip. to link off: to pass away, disappear quickly.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > lightly
trip?a1400
tripplea1640
link1718
tap1749
pat1767
tip1819
flip1862
light-foot1887
soft-foot1913
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 22 Maidenheads gae'd linkin Aff, a that Day.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i I saw my Meg come linkan o'er the lee.
1785 R. Burns Poems 61 Some luckless hour will send him linkan, To your black pit.
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 150 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 562 Ilka carlin..linket at it in her sark!
1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 21 The hours gaed linking by.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona vi. 68 Ha'e..this billet as fast as ye can link to the captain.
b. causal. To cause to move or circulate rapidly.
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1721 A. Ramsay Epist. to R. H. B. ii He disna live that canna link The glass about.
Derivatives
ˈlinking adj.
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1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 291 A man that can whistle ye up a thousand or feifteen hundred linking lads to do his will.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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Link
A flight simulator on which pilots are trained. Also elliptical as Link.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > training > [noun] > flight or aircraft simulator
penguin1915
roller1917
Link Trainer1937
flight simulator1947
1937 Flight 28 Oct. 416/2 Practice with a Link Trainer invariably results in a light touch upon the controls of a real aircraft whether flying blind or not.
1939 War Illustr. 4 Nov. 243 An ingenious apparatus used in the training of R.A.F. pilots is the Link Trainer.
1940 Flight 26 Dec. 548/2 After Link Trainer work, dual instruction in the air in turns, landings and spins, and ground instruction in parachutes, the pupil goes on his first solo.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 3 The lessons you learned on the Link Won't help you evade a Gremlin.
1943 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 36 Link Trainer Instructor...Group I.
1945 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 5 41 Here's a nice little Link Trainer exercise.
1952 New Biol. 13 51 In some respects this apparatus resembled the Link Trainer, but for a number of reasons it was constructed so that, unlike the Link, it remained stationary.
1960 C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane 299 Link Trainer, a synthetic training device, comprising a hooded cockpit, for training in instrument flying, radio aids, etc.
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