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单词 linch
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linchn.1

Brit. /lɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /lɪn(t)ʃ/
Forms: α. Old English lynis, Middle English lins, Middle English lynce, Middle English, 1700s–1800s dialect lince. β. 1500s linche, 1800s linch.
Etymology: Old English lynis (masculine) = Old Saxon lunisa (feminine) (Dutch luns , lens , late Middle High German luns , lunse , modern German lünse ). A shorter form lin (? Old English *lyne < *luni- ) corresponding to Old High German lun (feminine), modern German dialect lunn , lon , appears in lin-nail n. and lin-pin n.
Obsolete except in combinations.
a. = linchpin n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > axle > linch-pin
lincha700
lin-pinc1330
linchpin1376
lin-nail1496
a700 Epinal Gloss. 8 Axedones, lynisas.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 267/29 Axedo, lynis.
c1315 Shoreham (E.E.T.S.) iv. 223 Þer-fore me makeþ prynses Þe host to gouerni, And ase whewelen þe linses To-gadere heldeþ hy.
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 84 Boltes forlokkes kayes lynces and a taile pynne for the said Curtowe.
b. Nautical ? A belaying-pin. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Haile the linche and the scheitis.

Compounds

linch-box n. Obsolete ? = axle-box n. at axle n.2 Compounds.
ΚΠ
1711 London Gaz. No. 4935/4 One other sort with both Edges Cyphered off, commonly call'd the Lince-box.
linch-clout n. (see quot.).
ΚΠ
1782 Rees's Cycl. Linch-clout, in Artillery, the flat iron under the ends of the arms of an axle-tree to strengthen them, and diminish the friction of the wheels.
linch-drawer n. dialect a tool for drawing out linchpins.
ΚΠ
1892 Auctioneer's Catal. Farm Sale (Kent) Lince drawer and grease pots.
linch-hoop n. ‘a ring on the spindle of a carriage-axle, held in place by the linch-pin’ ( Cent. Dict.).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

linchn.2

Brit. /lɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /lɪn(t)ʃ/
Forms: Also 1800s lynch, lince.
Etymology: representing Old English hlinc : see link n.1
dialect.
A rising ground; a ridge; a ledge, esp. one on the side of a chalk down; an unploughed strip serving as a boundary between fields.
ΘΚΠ
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
1591 in Wiltsh. Archæol., etc., Mag. 6 (1860) 195 There leadinge westwarde..to a linche; there contynuinge the same linch to Maddington Waie.
1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Linch (Sax.), a Bank, Wall, or Causey between land and land, or Parish, and Parish, to distinguish the bounds.
1787 Survey in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) The lands in the fields are called dales and the linches or green strips on each side are called marfurs or meerfurrows.
1797 W. G. Maton Observ. Western Counties Eng. II. 186 Those singular natural terraces..the linches or linchets, as they are called.
1883 F. Seebohm Eng. Village Community i. 5 A..peculiar feature of the open field system in hilly districts is the ‘lynch’.
1883 F. Seebohm Eng. Village Community i. 6 These banks between the plough-made terraces are generally called lynches, or linces.
1895 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 350Linches’ naturally formed by the action of the plough on a hillside.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

linchv.1

Brit. /lɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /lɪn(t)ʃ/, Scottish English /lɪn(t)ʃ/
Obsolete exc. Scottish.
intransitive. To limp.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > limp
haltc825
cripplec1220
hip1440
limp1570
linch1570
claudicate1623
hop1700
crimple1754
hilch1786
crutch1828
hamble1828
dot1843
peg-leg1969
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liii/1 To Linche, claudicare.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Linch, to halt, to limp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

linchv.2

Etymology: ? Compare link v.2
Obsolete.
intransitive. ? To prance. Only in participial adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
1593 C. Hollyband Dict. French & Eng. Cheval Coquelineux, a linching horse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

linchv.3

Brit. /lɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /lɪn(t)ʃ/
Etymology: < linch n.1
transitive. To fasten with or as with a linchpin.
ΚΠ
1898 Viscount Dillon in Archæol. Jrnl. 2nd Ser. 5 313 The pasguard is also linched on a pin standing out of the elbow-piece.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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