linnn.¹

Brit.

/lɪn/, U.S.

/lɪn/, Scottish English

/lɪn/

Forms: Old English hlynn, 1500s lyn(n, 1500s–1700s lin, 1700s– linn.

Etymology: Two words seem to have been confused: Old English hlynn strong feminine, torrent (? related to hlynn (masculine), ‘clangor’, hlynnan, hlynian to resound), and Gaelic linne = Irish linn, earlier lind, Welsh llyn, Cornish lin, Breton lenn.

Chiefly Scottish.

1. A torrent running over rocks; a cascade, waterfall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun]

linnc975

waterfallOE

fallc1350

spout1534

waterspout1560

overfall1596

force1600

sault1600

watershoot1669

cascade1671

leap1796

chute1805

water wall1847

c975 Rushw. Gosp. John xviii. 1 Se hælend eode..ofer þah hlynne þe mon Cedron nemneþ.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. vii. 9 The ryveris..Brystand on skelleis our thir demmyt lynnis.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Cosmogr. xi, in Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij^v Als sone as thir salmond cumis to ye lyn, thay leip.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 118 Watter [that] fast rinnis ouer ane lin, Dois not returne againe to the awin place.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii Between twa birks out o'er a little lin The water fa's.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays.

a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 99 The roar of the linn On the night breeze is swelling.

1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 311 A linn falling from a height to which foot~paths had been made.

1892 Standard 8 Jan. 5/2 In Wales and Scotland there are linns which could render Manchester and Dundee independent of the pitmen of the Black Countries.

2. A pool, esp. one into which a cataract falls.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun]

pooleOE

seathc950

lakea1000

flosha1300

stanga1300

weira1300

water poolc1325

carrc1330

stamp1338

stank1338

ponda1387

flashc1440

stagnec1470

peel?a1500

sole15..

danka1522

linn1577

sound1581

flake1598

still1681

slew1708

splash1760

watering hole1776

vlei1793

jheel1805

slougha1817

sipe1825

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > pool as part of

weelc897

poolOE

dub1535

linn1577

potc1650

waterhole1688

plumbc1780

swimming hole1867

black hole1869

water pit1881

swilly-hole1890

swim-hole1924

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. xii. 14/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Certes there is a Loch, linne, or poole there.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 80 I sawe ane Ryuer rin: Out over ane Craig and rock of stane, syne lichtit in ane lin.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 78 Toothy, tripping downe from Verwins rushie Lin [Margin, A Poole or watry Moore].

1790 A. Wilson Poems 248 Driv'n by mad despair..To poison, dagger, or th' engulphing lin.

a1802 Earl Richard xxii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 153/1 The deepest pot in a' the linn They fand Erl Richard in.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 3 He..sees nixes in the dark linns as he fishes by night.

3. A precipice, a ravine with precipitous sides.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]

cliffOE

cleoa1300

cleevec1300

rochec1300

clougha1400

heugha1400

brackc1530

clift1567

perpendicular1604

precipice1607

precipe1615

precipit1623

abrupt1624

scar1673

bluff1687

rock wall1755

krantz1785

linn1799

scarp1802

scaur1805

escarpment1815

rock face1820

escarp1856

hag1868

glint1906

scarping1909

stone-cliff1912

ledra1942

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine

cloughc1330

heugha1400

straitc1400

gillc1440

gulfa1533

gull1553

gap1555

coomb1578

gullet1600

nick1606

goyle1617

gully1637

nullah1656

ravine1687

barrancaa1691

kloof1731

ravin1746

water gap1756

gorge1769

arroyo1777

quebrada1787

rambla1789

flume1792

linn1799

cañada1814

gulch1832

cañon1834

canyon1837

khud1837

couloir1855

draw1864

box canyon1869

sitch1888

tangi1901

opena1903

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 356 It is found at the bottom of a deep and narrow ravine, or linn.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. Introd. 3 Gazing down the steepy linn, That hems our little garden in.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 300 If you come here again, I'll pitch you down the linn like a foot-ball.

1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 259 They dance through wood and meadow, they dance across the linn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

linnn.²

Brit.

/lɪn/, U.S.

/lɪn/

Forms: Also Middle English lyn, 1700s lin, 1700s–1800s lynn.

Etymology: Altered form of lind n., the vowel being shortened as is usual in the first element of a compound.

Now dialect and U.S.

The linden or lime; also, the wood of this tree; attributive, in linn-bark, linn-board, linn-tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees

linda700

bast treea1425

linnc1475

tilleul1530

pry1573

fir-beech1577

linden1577

teil1589

linden-tree1591

tillet1601

bass-wood1670

red lime1709

lime-tree1748

parakeet bur1866

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of fruit trees > lime

linn1674

bass-wood1855

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of citrus trees

lindc1450

citron1627

citrous1658

linn1799

aurantiaceous1837

sour orange1920

c1475 Cath. Angl. (Add. MS.) 217/2 A Lyn tre, tilia.

1674 N. Grew Veget. Trunks vii. §4 Some Woods are soft, but not fast; others are both, as Linn.

1787 W. Sargent in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. (1793) 2 i. 158 Lynn,..a light white wood very proper for finishing the inside of dwelling houses.

1796 in J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 577 The more useful trees are, maple,..lynn tree.

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 331 Lin, tilia europæa, the lime or linden tree.

1799 J. Smith Acct. Remarkable Occurr. 18 A cover was made of lynn bark which will run even in the winter season.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. App. 54 The banks of the Mississippi are still bordered by the pines of the different species, except a few small bottoms of elm, lynn and maple.

1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ii. 104 The timber is not such as is usually found in swamps, but fine oak, ash, olive, linn, beech, and poplar of enormous growth.

1819 E. Dana Geogr. Sketches 84 Sugar maple, black and white walnut,..lynn, sycamore, cotton wood.

1819 E. Evans Pedestrious Tour 299 Here are the lynn tree, gum tree, [etc.].

1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 56 Linn Boards, or White Boards for Shoemakers.

1839 in Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. (1855) VI. 263 The table lands are mostly timbered with the varieties of oak, beech, maple, lynn, hickory.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Linn-tree, a lime-tree. Derb.

1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer (ed. 3) 170 The other forest trees..are ash, walnut,..lynn, [etc.].

1860 M. A. Curtis Woody Plants N. Carolina 79 Southern Linn. (T[ilia] pubescens, Ait.)—This is confined to the Lower Districts of the Southern States.

1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 514 A good deal of black cherry, lin, and locust.

1886 Harper's Mag. June 58/2 Ropes are made of lynn bark.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	linn
释义	linnn.¹ Brit. /lɪn/, U.S. /lɪn/, Scottish English /lɪn/ Forms: Old English hlynn, 1500s lyn(n, 1500s–1700s lin, 1700s– linn. Etymology: Two words seem to have been confused: Old English hlynn strong feminine, torrent (? related to hlynn (masculine), ‘clangor’, hlynnan, hlynian to resound), and Gaelic linne = Irish linn, earlier lind, Welsh llyn, Cornish lin, Breton lenn. Chiefly Scottish. 1. A torrent running over rocks; a cascade, waterfall. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] linnc975 waterfallOE fallc1350 spout1534 waterspout1560 overfall1596 force1600 sault1600 watershoot1669 cascade1671 leap1796 chute1805 water wall1847 c975 Rushw. Gosp. John xviii. 1 Se hælend eode..ofer þah hlynne þe mon Cedron nemneþ. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. vii. 9 The ryveris..Brystand on skelleis our thir demmyt lynnis. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Cosmogr. xi, in Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij^v Als sone as thir salmond cumis to ye lyn, thay leip. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 118 Watter [that] fast rinnis ouer ane lin, Dois not returne againe to the awin place. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii Between twa birks out o'er a little lin The water fa's. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays. a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 99 The roar of the linn On the night breeze is swelling. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 311 A linn falling from a height to which foot~paths had been made. 1892 Standard 8 Jan. 5/2 In Wales and Scotland there are linns which could render Manchester and Dundee independent of the pitmen of the Black Countries. 2. A pool, esp. one into which a cataract falls. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] pooleOE seathc950 lakea1000 flosha1300 stanga1300 weira1300 water poolc1325 carrc1330 stamp1338 stank1338 ponda1387 flashc1440 stagnec1470 peel?a1500 sole15.. danka1522 linn1577 sound1581 flake1598 still1681 slew1708 splash1760 watering hole1776 vlei1793 jheel1805 slougha1817 sipe1825 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > pool as part of weelc897 poolOE dub1535 linn1577 potc1650 waterhole1688 plumbc1780 swimming hole1867 black hole1869 water pit1881 swilly-hole1890 swim-hole1924 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. xii. 14/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Certes there is a Loch, linne, or poole there. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 80 I sawe ane Ryuer rin: Out over ane Craig and rock of stane, syne lichtit in ane lin. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 78 Toothy, tripping downe from Verwins rushie Lin [Margin, A Poole or watry Moore]. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 248 Driv'n by mad despair..To poison, dagger, or th' engulphing lin. a1802 Earl Richard xxii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 153/1 The deepest pot in a' the linn They fand Erl Richard in. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 3 He..sees nixes in the dark linns as he fishes by night. 3. A precipice, a ravine with precipitous sides. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine cloughc1330 heugha1400 straitc1400 gillc1440 gulfa1533 gull1553 gap1555 coomb1578 gullet1600 nick1606 goyle1617 gully1637 nullah1656 ravine1687 barrancaa1691 kloof1731 ravin1746 water gap1756 gorge1769 arroyo1777 quebrada1787 rambla1789 flume1792 linn1799 cañada1814 gulch1832 cañon1834 canyon1837 khud1837 couloir1855 draw1864 box canyon1869 sitch1888 tangi1901 opena1903 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 356 It is found at the bottom of a deep and narrow ravine, or linn. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. Introd. 3 Gazing down the steepy linn, That hems our little garden in. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 300 If you come here again, I'll pitch you down the linn like a foot-ball. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 259 They dance through wood and meadow, they dance across the linn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). linnn.² Brit. /lɪn/, U.S. /lɪn/ Forms: Also Middle English lyn, 1700s lin, 1700s–1800s lynn. Etymology: Altered form of lind n., the vowel being shortened as is usual in the first element of a compound. Now dialect and U.S. The linden or lime; also, the wood of this tree; attributive, in linn-bark, linn-board, linn-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees linda700 bast treea1425 linnc1475 tilleul1530 pry1573 fir-beech1577 linden1577 teil1589 linden-tree1591 tillet1601 bass-wood1670 red lime1709 lime-tree1748 parakeet bur1866 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of fruit trees > lime linn1674 bass-wood1855 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of citrus trees lindc1450 citron1627 citrous1658 linn1799 aurantiaceous1837 sour orange1920 c1475 Cath. Angl. (Add. MS.) 217/2 A Lyn tre, tilia. 1674 N. Grew Veget. Trunks vii. §4 Some Woods are soft, but not fast; others are both, as Linn. 1787 W. Sargent in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. (1793) 2 i. 158 Lynn,..a light white wood very proper for finishing the inside of dwelling houses. 1796 in J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 577 The more useful trees are, maple,..lynn tree. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 331 Lin, tilia europæa, the lime or linden tree. 1799 J. Smith Acct. Remarkable Occurr. 18 A cover was made of lynn bark which will run even in the winter season. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. App. 54 The banks of the Mississippi are still bordered by the pines of the different species, except a few small bottoms of elm, lynn and maple. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ii. 104 The timber is not such as is usually found in swamps, but fine oak, ash, olive, linn, beech, and poplar of enormous growth. 1819 E. Dana Geogr. Sketches 84 Sugar maple, black and white walnut,..lynn, sycamore, cotton wood. 1819 E. Evans Pedestrious Tour 299 Here are the lynn tree, gum tree, [etc.]. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 56 Linn Boards, or White Boards for Shoemakers. 1839 in Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. (1855) VI. 263 The table lands are mostly timbered with the varieties of oak, beech, maple, lynn, hickory. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Linn-tree, a lime-tree. Derb. 1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer (ed. 3) 170 The other forest trees..are ash, walnut,..lynn, [etc.]. 1860 M. A. Curtis Woody Plants N. Carolina 79 Southern Linn. (T[ilia] pubescens, Ait.)—This is confined to the Lower Districts of the Southern States. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 514 A good deal of black cherry, lin, and locust. 1886 Harper's Mag. June 58/2 Ropes are made of lynn bark. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c975n.²c1475
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