† loynn.
Obsolete. rare.
A length (of cord); a leash for a hawk. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > leash
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string
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c1400 Rom. Rose 3882 The loigne [Fr. longe] it is so longe Of Bialacoil, hertis to lure.
c1400 Rom. Rose 7050 He shal have of a corde a loigne [Fr. longe], With whiche men shal him binde and lede.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xxiii. 148 Yif me a loyne [Fr. longe], if thou wolt, and peyre gessis.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 129 Let hir be loose from all hir furniture, that is without either loynes or cryaunce.
1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. The Lowings or thongs of an hawk.
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