Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 36
Line (n.) (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
Line (n.) (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.
Line (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
Line (n.) pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.]
Line (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
Hard lines, hard lot. -- C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
Line breeding (Stockbreeding), Breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.
Line conch (Zool.), A spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines.
Line engraving. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved.
Line engraving. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving.
Line of battle. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver.
Line of battle. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement.
Line of battle ship. See Ship of the line, below.
Line of beauty (Fine Arts), An abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
Line of centers. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers.
Line of centers. (Mach.) (b) A line which determines a dead center. See Dead center, under Dead.
Line of dip (Geol.), A line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon.
Line of fire (Mil.), The direction of fire.
Line of force (Physics), Any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. -- Faraday.
Line of life (Palmistry), A line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
Line of lines. See Gunter's line.
Line of march. (Mil.) Arrangement of troops for marching.
Line of march. (Mil.) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching.
Line of operations, That portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. -- H. W. Halleck.
Line of sight (Firearms), The line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object.
Line tub (Naut.), A tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled.
Mason and Dixon's line, Mason-Dixon line, the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense, the line between the free and the slave States; as, below the Mason-Dixon line, i.e. in the South.
On the line, (a) On a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
On the line, (b) At risk (dependent upon success) in a contest or enterprise; as, the survival of the company is on the line in this project.
Right line, A straight line; the shortest line that can be drawn between two points.
Ship of the line, Formerly, A ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; -- called also line of battle ship or battleship. -- Totten.
To cross the line, to cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
To give a person line, To allow him more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.
Water line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
Line (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. -- Dickens.
Line (v. t.) (v. t.) 用線標示；劃線於；使有線條，使起皺紋 (v. i.) 排隊，排齊 [（+up）] To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. [R.] "Pictures fairest lined." -- Shak.
Line (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was frequently called "deaconing" the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity. -- N. D. Gould.
Line (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
To line bees, To track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight.
To line up (Mach.), To put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d Line, 19.
Lineage (n.) 後裔；家系，世系 [U] [C] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. -- Spenser.
Lineage (n.) The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent}, {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry}, {origin}, {parentage}, {stemma}, {stock}].
Lineage (n.) The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: {descent}, {line of descent}, {lineage}, {filiation}].
Lineage (n.) The number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: {linage}, {lineage}].
Lineage (n.) A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: {linage}, {lineage}].
Lineage (n.) Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: {ancestry}, {lineage}, {derivation}, {filiation}].
Lineal (a.) 直系的；世襲的 Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. -- Locke.
Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
For only you are lineal to the throne. -- Dryden.
Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
Lineal (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
Lineal measure, the measure of length; -- usually written linear measure.
Lineal (a.) In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: lineal, direct] [ant: collateral, indirect].
Lineal (a.) Arranged in a line.
Lineal, () That which comes in a line. Lineal consanguinity is that which subsists between persons, one of whom is descended in a direct line from the other. Lineal descent, is that which takes place among lineal kindred.
Lineality (n.) The quality of being lineal.
Lineally (adv.) 直系地 In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
Lineally (adv.) By an unbroken line of descent; "she is related lineally to the Royal Family"
Lineament (n.) （常用複數） 容貌；面部輪廓；輪廓特徵；特徵 One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural. "The lineaments of the body." -- Locke. "Lineaments in the character." -- Swift.
Man he seems In all his lineaments. -- Milton.
Lineament (n.) A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn: quality, character, lineament].
Lineament (n.) The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" [syn: feature, lineament].
Left-brained (a.) Exhibiting intellectual or personality characteristics suggesting dominance of linguistic or logical modes of thought, which are usually controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere; as, left-brained pedants unable to appreciate music; also referred to as linear. See linear [3].
Contrasted with right-brained. left field
Linear (a.) 線的，直線的；使用線的；長度的 Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
Linear (a.) (Bot.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.
Linear (a.) Thinking in a step-by-step analytical and logical fashion; contrasted with holistic, i.e. thinking in terms of complex interrelated patterns; as, linear thinkers.
Linear thinkers concluded that by taking the world apart, the actions of people were more predictable and controllable. -- David Morris (Conference presentation, Fairfield University, October 31, 1997)
Linear differential equation (Math.), An equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients.
Linear equation (Math.), An equation of the first degree between two variables; -- so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line.
Linear measure, The measurement of length.
Linear numbers (Math.), Such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is square, the linear figure is called a root.
Linear problem (Geom.), A problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone.
Linear transformation (Alg.), A change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable.
Linear (a.) Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree [syn: linear, additive] [ant: nonlinear].
Linear (a.) Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement" [syn: linear, one-dimensional] [ant: cubic, planar, three-dimensional, two-dimensional].
Linear (a.) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier" [syn: analogue, analog, linear] [ant: digital].
Linear (a.) (Of a leaf shape) long and narrow [syn: linear, elongate].
Linear (a.) Measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn: linear, running(a)].
Linearensate (a.) (Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.
Linearly (adv.) 成直線地；在線上地 In a linear manner; with lines.
Linearly (adv.) In a linear manner; "linearly polarized radiation"; "it grew linearly" [ant: geometrically].
Linear-shaped (a.) Of a linear shape.
Lineary (a.) Linear. -- Holland. Lineate
Lineate (a.) 有線條的 Alt. of Lineated
Lineated (a.) (Zool.) Marked with lines.
Lineated (a.) (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.
Lineation (n.) 劃線；輪廓 Delineation; a line or lines.
Lineation (n.) The line that appears to bound an object [syn: outline, lineation].
Lineation (n.) The act of marking or outlining with lines.
Lineature (n.) (pl. Lineatures) Anything having an outline. [R.] -- Holland.
Linemen (n. pl. ) of Lineman
Linemen (n. pl. lineman.) The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage. WN hypen is odd for this def.
Lineman (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc. ; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole.
Lineman (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to install or repair telegraph, telephone, television cable, or power lines. Also called linesman.
Lineman (n.) (Football) A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a back; one who plays on the line of scrimmage. specifically: a center, guard, or tackle.
Lineman (n.) A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (pick-up lines) to gain a woman's attention. [Colloq.]
Lineman (n.) The position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage.
Linemen (n.) The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage.
Linen (a.) 亞麻布的 Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
Linen (a.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Linen (n.) 亞麻布，亞麻線（紗）[U]；亞麻布製品（如床單，桌巾，內衣等）[P1] Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. ; as, bed linens "In linen white as milk." -- Robert of Brunne.
Linen (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
{Linen draper}, A dealer in linen.
{Linen prover}, A small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.
{Linen scroll}, {Linen pattern} (Arch.), An ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.
Linen (n.) A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
Linen (n.) A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish [syn: {linen}, {linen paper}].
Linen (n.) White goods or clothing made with linen cloth.
Linen (n.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11.
Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), and also in Palestine (Josh. 2:6; Hos. 2:9). Various articles were made of it: garments (2 Sam. 6:14), girdles (Jer. 13:1), ropes and thread (Ezek. 40:3), napkins (Luke 24:12; John 20:7), turbans (Ezek. 44:18), and lamp-wicks (Isa. 42:3).
Linen (n.) Heb. buts, "whiteness;" rendered "fine linen" in 1 Chr. 4:21; 15:27; 2 Chr. 2:14; 3:14; Esther 1:6; 8:15, and "white linen" 2 Chr. 5:12. It is not certain whether this word means cotton or linen.
Linen (n.) Heb. bad; rendered "linen" Ex. 28:42; 39:28; Lev. 6:10; 16:4, 23, 32; 1 Sam. 2:18; 2 Sam. 6:14, etc. It is uniformly used of the sacred vestments worn by the priests. The word is from a root signifying "separation."
Linen (n.) Heb. shesh; rendered "fine linen" Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc. In Prov. 31:22 it is rendered in Authorized Version "silk," and in Revised Version "fine linen." The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (byssus). The finest Indian linen, the finest now made, has in an inch one hundred threads of warp and eighty-four of woof; while the Egyptian had sometimes one hundred and forty in the warp and sixty-four in the woof. This was the usual dress of the Egyptian priest. Pharaoh arrayed Joseph in a dress of linen (Gen. 41:42).
Linen (n.) Heb. 'etun. Prov. 7:16, "fine linen of Egypt;" in Revised Version, "the yarn of Egypt."
Linen (n.) Heb. sadin. Prov. 31:24, "fine linen;" in Revised Version, "linen garments" (Judg. 14:12, 13; Isa. 3:23). From this Hebrew word is probably derived the Greek word sindon, rendered "linen" in Mark 14:51, 52; 15:46; Matt. 27:59.
The word "linen" is used as an emblem of moral purity (Rev. 15:6). In Luke 16:19 it is mentioned as a mark of luxury.
Linen (n.) "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp." -- Calcraft the Hangman.
Linen (n.) [ U ] (C2) 亞麻布 Strong cloth made from the fibres of the flax plant.
// A linen jacket.
// The crumpled charm of linen.
Linen (n.) [ U ] (C2) (Also Linens (pl.)) （桌布、床單等）亞麻製品 Sheets, tablecloths, etc. made from linen or a similar material.
// Bed linen.
// Table linen.
Linener (n.) A dealer in linen; a linen draper. [Obs.]
Lineolate (a.) (Zool.) Marked with little lines.
Lineolate (a.) (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines. -- Gray.
Liner (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes or clothing.
Liner (n.) An airplane or ship belonging to a transportation company; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
Liner (n.) (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
Liner (n.) A lining [2]. Specifically: (Steam Engine) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
Liner (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
Liner (n.) (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground; also called line drive; as, he hit a sharp liner to right.
Liner (n.) A protective envelope for a phonograph record or other object.
Liner (n.) A lining; as, a removable coat liner.
Liner (n.) Same as eyeliner.
Liner (n.) (Baseball) A hit that flies straight out from the batter; "the batter hit a liner to the shortstop" [syn: liner, line drive].
Liner (n.) A protective covering that protects an inside surface [syn: lining, liner].
Liner (n.) A piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment [syn: liner, lining].
Liner (n.) A large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) [syn: liner, ocean liner].
-ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
-ling () An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Ling (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
Ling (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Ling (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada]
Ling (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
Ling (n.) (Bot.) Heather ({Calluna vulgaris).
Ling honey, A sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. -- Holland. Linga
Compare: Burbot
Burbot (n.) (Zool.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.]
Note: The fish is also called an eelpout or ling, and is allied to the codfish. The Lota vulgaris is a common European species. An American species ({Lota maculosa) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.
Burbot (n.) Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota].
Eelpout (n.) (Zool.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
Ling (n.) Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs [syn: ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis].
Ling (n.) Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn: heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris].
Ling (n.) Elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried [syn: ling, Molva molva].
Ling (n.) American hakes.
Ling (n.) Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot,
eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota].
Linga (n.) Alt. of Lingam
Lingam (n.) The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. -- Whitworth. E. Arnold.
Ling-bird (n.) (Zool.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
Lingel (n.) A shoemaker's thread. [Obs.]
Lingel (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. -- Crabb.
Lingence (n.) A linctus. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Lingered (imp. & p. p.) of Linger
Lingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger
Linger (v. i.) 繼續逗留，徘徊 [（+on）]；持續，緩慢消失 [（+on）] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. -- Gray.
Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. -- Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out. [Obs.]
She lingers my desires. -- Shak.
Linger (v. t.) 消磨，緩慢度過 [（+away/ out）] To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. -- Dryden.
Linger (v.) Remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on".
Linger
(v.) Be
about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central
Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf,
lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill
around].
Linger (v.) Leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger].
Linger (v.) Take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle] [ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it].
Linger (v.) Move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" [syn: hover, linger].
Lingerer (n.) One who lingers. -- Guardian.
Lingerer (n.) Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place [syn: loiterer, lingerer].
Compare: Loiterer
Loiterer (n.) 閒蕩的人See Loiter
‘They look for odd or suspicious behavior: heavy clothes on a hot day, loiterers without luggage, anyone observing security methods.’
Compare: Loiter
Loiter (v.) [No object, with adverbial of place] (v. i.) 閒逛，遊蕩；消磨時光 [（+about）] Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose.
‘She saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms.’
Loiter (v.) (v. t.) 消磨（時間），混（日子）[O] [（+away/ out）] Travel indolently and with frequent pauses.
‘They loitered along in the sunshine, stopping at the least excuse.’
Lingerie (n.) [F.] 亞麻製品；婦女貼身衣類；女用貼身內衣褲；女睡衣 [U] Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women.
Lingerie (n.) Women's underwear and nightclothes [syn: {lingerie}, {intimate apparel}].
Lingerie (n.) [Mass noun] Women's underwear and nightclothes.
Compare: Intimate apparel
Intimate apparel (n.) 內衣；貼身衣服 Women's underwear and nightclothes.
Compare: Intimate
Intimate (a.) 親密的，熟悉的 [（+with）]；舒適的，怡人的，氣氛融洽的；便於有親密關係的；精通的，深入的，詳細的 Closely acquainted; familiar.
‘Intimate friends.’
‘They are on intimate terms.’
Intimate (a.) (Of a place or setting) Having a cosy and private or relaxed atmosphere.
‘An intimate little Italian restaurant’
Intimate (a.) Involving very close connection.
‘Their intimate involvement with their community.’
Intimate (a.) (Of knowledge) Detailed or thorough.
‘An intimate knowledge of the software.’
Intimate (a.) Private and personal.
‘Intimate details of his sexual encounters.’
Intimate (a.) [Euphemistic] [Predicative] Having a sexual relationship.
‘They plan to wait before becoming intimate with one another.’
Intimate (n.) 至交，密友 [C] A very close friend.
‘His circle of intimates.’
Compare: Apparel
Apparel (n.) [U] [Mass noun] [US ] [Formal] 【書】衣服，服裝；衣著；外觀 Clothing.
‘They were dressed in bright apparel.’
Apparel (n.) [Apparels] Embroidered ornamentation on ecclesiastical vestments.
Apparel (v.) [With object] [Archaic] 【書】給……穿衣服（尤指華麗或特殊的服裝）[H] Clothe (someone).
‘All the vestments in which they used to apparel their Deities.’
Compare: Vestment
Vestment (n.) (Usually Vestments) 官服，禮服 [C]；法衣；祭袍 [P] A chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services.
‘A priest in green vestments came and preached a long sermon.’
Vestment (n.) (Usually Vestments) [Archaic] A garment, especially a ceremonial or official robe.
Compare: Deity
Deity (n.) 神；女神 [C]；神性；神的地位（或身分）[U] A god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion)
‘A deity of ancient Greece.’
Deity (n.) [Mass noun] Divine status, quality, or nature.
‘A ruler driven by delusions of deity.’
Deity (n.) [Usually the Deity] The creator and supreme being (in a monotheistic religion such as Christianity).
‘She raised her head as if appealing to the Deity presiding over the church.’
Deity (n.) A representation of a god or goddess, such as a statue or carving.
‘Also on show is a bronze falcon deity.’
Lingering (a.) Delaying.
Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.
To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. -- Rambler.
Linger (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Lingered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. -- Gray.
Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. -- Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
Lingering (n.) The act of tarrying [syn: tarriance, lingering].
Lingeringly (adv.) 延遲地；逗留不去地 With delay; slowly; tediously.
Lingeringly (adv.) In a slow, leisurely or prolonged way; "her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly" -- Rossetti [syn: {lingeringly}, {protractedly}].
Compare: Tedious；Tediously
Tedious (a.) 沈悶的，冗長乏味的 Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- {Te"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Te"di*ous*ness}, n.
Tedious (a.) So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum}, {irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}].
Tedious (a.) Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: {long- winded}, {tedious}, {verbose}, {windy}, {wordy}].
Tediously (adv.) 冗長地 In a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded tediously forward" [syn: {boringly}, {tediously}, {tiresomely}]
Linget (n.) An ingot. [Written also lingot.]
Compare: Kinesiatrics
Kinesiatrics (n.) (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.
Lingism (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.
Lingle (n.) See Lingel.
Lingle, WY -- U.S. town in Wyoming
Population (2000): 510
Housing Units (2000): 234
Land area (2000): 0.308427 sq. miles (0.798821 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.308427 sq. miles (0.798821 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46790
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 42.137494 N, 104.346500 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 82223
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Lingo (n.) Language; speech; dialect. [Slang]
Lingo (n.) A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular].
Lingo, () An animation scripting language.
Lingoa wood (n.) Amboyna wood.
Linget (n.) An ingot. [Written also lingot.]
Lingot (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget. Linguae
Linguae (n. pl. ) of Lingua
Lingua (n.) (Zool.) A tongue.
Lingua (n.) (Zool.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [Obs.]
Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.
Linguadental (n.) (Phonetics) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
Lingua Franca (n.) The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
Lingua Franca (n.) Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.
Lingua franca (n.) A common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine].
Lingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
Lingual (a.) Lying near the tongue; especially, in dentistry, on the surface of the tooth next to the tongue. Contrasted with {buccal}, the side of a tooth touching the cheek, i. e. the side opposite to the lingual side.
{Lingual ribbon} (Zool.) See {Odontophore}.
Lingual (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
Note: In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as [.t], [.t]h, [dsdot], [dsdot]h, [.n], are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate.
Lingual (a.) Consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: {linguistic}, {lingual}] [ant: {nonlinguistic}].
Lingual (a.) Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue; "lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the teeth".
Lingual (n.) A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs.
Linguality (n.) The quality of being lingual.
Linguaphile (n.) A language and word lover.
Linguaphile (n.) A person who loves languages and words.
Linguaphile (n.) A lover of languages and words.
Linguaphile (n.) A lover of languages and vocabulary.
Linguaphile (n.) A lover of languages.
// He took a Chinese language training, he's a real linguaphile.
Linguatulida (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Linguatulina.
Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
Note: The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted.
These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms.
Linguidental (a. & n.) Linguadental.
Linguiform (a.) Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.
Linguist (n.) 語言學者；通曉數種外語的人 A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.]
I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. -- J. Webster.
Linguist (n.) A person skilled in languages. There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. -- Macaulay. Linguistic
Linguist (n.) A specialist in linguistics [syn: linguist, linguistic scientist].
Linguist (n.) A person who speaks more than one language [syn: linguist, polyglot].
Linguistic (a.) 語言的；語言學的 Alt. of Linguistical
Linguistical (a.) Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
Linguistic (a.) Consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: linguistic, lingual] [ant: nonlinguistic].
Linguistic (a.) Of or relating to the scientific study of language; "linguistic theory".
Linguistically (adv.) 語言（學）方面 In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist. -- Tylor.
Linguistically (adv.) With respect to the science of linguistics; "linguistically interesting data".
Linguistically (adv.) With respect to language; "linguistically impaired children"; "a lingually diverse population" [syn: linguistically, lingually].
Linguistics (n.) The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
Linguistics (n.) The scientific study of language.
Linguistics (n.) The humanistic study of language and literature [syn: linguistics, philology].
-lae (n. pl. ) of Lingula
Lingula (n.) (Anat.) A tonguelike process or part.
Lingula (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
Lingula flags (Geol.), A group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.
Lingulate (a.) Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
Lingulate (a.) Shaped like a tongue [syn: lingulate, tongue-shaped].
Linigerous (a.) Bearing flax; producing linen.
Liniment (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.
Liniment (n.) A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain [syn: liniment, embrocation].
Lining (n.) The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
Lining (n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.
The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers. -- Shak.