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Lin

//lɪn// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male or female given name.
  2. 2
    A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove; A surname from Mandarin
  3. 3
    A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

    "Inspired by the communique of the Second Plenary Session of the Ninth CCP Central Committee and in order to greet the convening of the first provincial congress of activists in the creative study and application of Mao Tsetung Thought, the Chinchung Special District Revolutionary Committee recently held a discussion meeting on the study of Mao Tsetung Thought for leading cadres at and above standing committee level of the revolutionary committees of the special district and of the counties and all big factories and mines in the special district.[…] Study courses in the Thought of Mao Tsetung have been conducted by many leading cadres in the special district, including (Liu Kuo-yao), chairman of the Fenyang County Revolutionary Committee and a PLA representative; (Chao Hsiao-yuan), chairman of the Lin County Revolutionary Committee and a PLA representative; and (Kuo Li-chen), chairman of the Pingting County Revolutionary Committee and a PLA representative."

  4. 4
    A surname
  5. 5
    A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove; A surname from Gan
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  1. 6
    A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove; A surname from Wu
  2. 7
    A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove; A surname from Xiang
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of linn. alt-of, alternative

    "a roaring lin"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”). Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, especially, in-compounds

    "a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel"

Verb
  1. 1
    To desist, to stop, to cease. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal

    "Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).

Etymology 2

See English linn.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.

Etymology 4

From Chinese: compare Mandarin 林 (lín), Gan 林 (lin⁴), Wu 林, Xiang 林 (lin²). 林 itself is composed of a reduplication of 木 (“wood, tree”). Literally, “forest”.

Etymology 5

From Mandarin 臨／临 (Lín).

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