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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lin \Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See {Lithe}.] To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lin \Lin\, v. t. To cease from [Obs. or Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lin \Lin\, n. [Ir. linn, or Gael. linne; akin to W. llyn a pool, pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS hlynn torrent. Cf {Dunlin}.] 1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water. 2. A waterfall, or cataract; as a roaring lin. 3. A steep ravine. Note: Written also linn and lyn. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arecoline \A*re"co*line\, n. Also -lin \-lin\ . [From NL Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.] An oily liquid substance, {C8H13O2N}, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action
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