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Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.

In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist. Tylor.

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

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.…

Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Bearing flax; producing linen.

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.

The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.

nds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." Shak.

th their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green.

A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.

The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.

Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. Linnaean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.

A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.

Flax. See Linen. [Obs.]

Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also g…

A salt of linoleic acid.