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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lin \Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See Lithe.] To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lin \Lin\, v. t. To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin. [1913 Webster] 3. A steep ravine. [1913 Webster] Note: Written also linn and lyn. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

LIN Local Interconnect Network [bus]