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linns

linns is the plural of linn.

Meaning of linn

Noun (1)

linn (plural linns)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, Wales) A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
    • What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?1814, J. H. Craig [pseudonym; James Hogg], The Hunting of Badlewe: A Dramatic Tale, London: H[enry] Colburn; Edinburgh: G. Goldie, →OCLC, page 1; quoted in “The Hunting of Badlewe, a Dramatic Tale....

Noun (2)

linn (plural linns)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, Wales) A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.
    • There frisks the freckl'd finny tribe,
      In linns both wide and steep.1812, “Poems”, in Forbes, section 49

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Questions about linns

What is linns the plural of?
Linns is the plural of linn.

Words near linns in the dictionary

  1. linnies
  2. linning
  3. linnorm
  4. linnorms
  5. linnow
  6. linns
  7. linny
  8. Linnæan
  9. Linné
  10. lino
  11. linoblock

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