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term is also applied to anything used for connecting or binding together; metaphorically or absolutely. (2) (O. Eng. hlinc, possibly from the See also:

root which appears in " to lean "), a See also:

BANK

bank or See also:

ridge of rising ground; in Scots See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect, in the plural, applied to the ground bordering on the See also:

sea-See also:

SHORE

shore, characterized by See also:

sand and coarse grass; hence a course for playing See also:

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf. (3) A See also:

TORCH (O. Fr. torche, from Med. Lat. tortia, derived from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist)

torch made of See also:

pitch or See also:

tow formerly carried in the streets to See also:

LIGHT

light passengers, by men or boys called " link-boys " who plied for hire with them. See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron link-stands supporting a See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring in which the link might be placed may still be seen at the doorways of old See also:

LONDON

London houses. The word is of doubtful origin. It has been referred to a Med. See also:

Lat. lichinus, which occurs in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form linchinus (see Du Cange, Glossarinm); this, according to a 15th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century glossary, meant a See also:

WICK

wick or match.

It is an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Gr. Xfxvos, See also:

LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp. Another See also:

SUGGESTION

suggestion connects it with a supposed derivation of " See also:

LINSTOCK (adapted from the Dutch lontstok, i.e. " match-stick," from lont, a match, stok, a stick; the word is sometimes erroneously spelled " lintstock " from a supposed derivation from " lint " in the sense of tinder)

linstock," from " See also:

LINT (in M. Eng. linnet, probably through Fr. linette, from lin, the flax-plant; cf. " line ")

lint." The New See also:

ENGLISH

English 'See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary thinks the likeliest suggestion is to identify the word with the " link " of a chain.

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