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linning

linning is the present participle and gerund of lin.

Meaning of lin

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lan or lun)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) To desist, to stop, to cease.
    • Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about linning

What is linning the present participle and gerund of?
Linning is the present participle and gerund of lin.

Words near linning in the dictionary

  1. linney
  2. linneys
  3. Linngithigh
  4. Linnie
  5. linnies
  6. linning
  7. linnorm
  8. linnorms
  9. linnow
  10. linns
  11. linny

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