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lins

lins is the plural 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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Proper noun capitalized: Lins

Lins

  1. (plural) plural of Lin

Questions about lins

What is lins the plural of?
Lins is the plural of lin.
What part of speech is lins?
Lins is a proper noun.

Words near lins in the dictionary

  1. linquished
  2. linquishes
  3. linquishing
  4. Linquist
  5. Linquists
  6. lins
  7. linsang
  8. linsangs
  9. Linsanity
  10. Linscott
  11. Linscotts

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