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lim, limb, limm, limmbrak, limmbrek, limmerick, limmerik, limrek,
limm [lɪm, lɛm]
n. A limb usually the leg. An agent or member.
v. To cut the branches off a tree.
Compounds and phrases etc.
limmbrak: [I.Sh. ˈlɪm(ə)rək] The bog-asphodel Narthecium ossifragum
limbber, limber-bearers, limmer, limmer-beirers, limmers, lummer, skelpie-limmer,
limmer [ˈlɪmər]
n. Limber. A rascal, scoundrel, rogue. A malevolent or mischievous woman. A wild, undisciplined girl, a bold, impudent female, a jade, hussy. A woman of loose or disreputable character, a mistress, a prostitute.
Compounds and phrases etc.
limmer-beirers: The legs.
skelpie-limmer: A female scold.
limn, limner,
limn [lɪm]
n. A portrait, a likeness, a replica, a photograph.
v. To paint a portrait.
Compounds and phrases etc.
limner [ˈlɪmnər]: A portrait painter.
limp, limpit,
limp [ˈlɪmpɪt]
n. A limp.
v. To limp.
pt. pp. limpit
Compounds and phrases etc.
limpin: Limping.
lin, linn, linnd, linned, lint, lun,
lin [lɪn]
v. To rest, pause, sit down to rest, cease, desist. To recline, lean, bend the body. Of bad weather, snow and rain etc.: to abate, become milder or gentler, to cease. Of the day: to decline, draw to a close.
pt. pp. lint
lin, lind, linn,
lind [lən(d)]
n. The lime tree Tilia europaea.
linder, linner,
linder [ˈlɪn(d)ər]
n. A kind of long woollen jacket or cardigan. A woollen or flannel undershirt. A fisherman's jersey.
aff-line, gartlin, gartlins, gertlins, great-line, grettlin, grettlin, grit-line, hanlin, haund-line, leen, line, line$t, lines, liney, ling, linie, lins, lyne, lynie, lynt, oanline, online, sma-line, smaw_line, smaw-line, yaa-line, ya-line, yaw-line,
line [ləin]
n. A line, a fishing line. Written authorisation, an account with a shop. A betting slip.
dim. linie
pl. lines Any piece of written authorisation, a certificate, prescription or the like, a certificate of church membership
v. To line, to stride along.
pt. pp. line't, lined
Compounds and phrases etc.
aff-line: adj. Off-line.
great-line: The line used in deep-water fishing.
haund-line: A hand fishing line.
online: Online.
ootline: Outline.
smaw-line A shorter fishing line with up to 600 hooks.
yaa-line: NN.a. A small line flung to the pier to carry the hawser for mooring.
lanen, leenin, linen, linens, linins, linnin,
linen [ˈlɪnənz]
n. Linen
pl. linens Undergarments.
laing, ling, lyng,
ling [lɪŋ]
n. The common heather Calluna vulgaris. EC. The hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium or The tufted bulrush Trisetum fuscum.
Compounds and phrases etc.
douny ling: WC. The cottongrass Eriophorum polystachyon.
draw ling: WC. SEC. The cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum.
duggie ling: SN. MN. The common heather Calluna vulgaris.
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