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Lin
    n 1: United States sculptor and architect whose public works
         include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in
         Washington (born in 1959) [syn: {Lin}, {Maya Lin}]
    

Lin \Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See {Lithe}.]
   To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston.
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Lin \Lin\, v. t.
   To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
    

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.
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   2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
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   3. A steep ravine.
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   Note: Written also linn and lyn.
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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.

   Syn: arecholine; arecaline; methylarecaidin; methyl
        N-methyltetrahydronicotinate;
        1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid
        methyl ester.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]