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lintwhite

lintwhite noun: a linnet.

lintwhite: a linnet
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Noun

lintwhite (plural lintwhites)

  1. (archaic) A linnet.
    • The mavis, merle, and Progne proud,
      The lintwhite lark, and laverock loud,1597, Alexander Montgomery, The Cherrie and the Slae
    • O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, / When lintwhites chant amang the buds,1785, Robert Burns, Epistle To William Simson Schoolmaster, Ochiltree

Forms of lintwhite

plurallintwhites

Origin of lintwhite

Inherited from Middle English lynkwhytte, lyngwhitte (also as Middle English lindetvigle), from Old English līnetwiġe, līnetwiġle (“linnet”).

Questions about lintwhite

What does lintwhite mean?
Lintwhite means a linnet.
What part of speech is lintwhite?
Lintwhite is a noun.
What is the plural of lintwhite?
The plural of lintwhite is lintwhites.

Words near lintwhite in the dictionary

  1. lintseeds
  2. lintstock
  3. lintstocks
  4. Lintugop
  5. lintuzumab
  6. lintwhite
  7. lintwhites
  8. linty
  9. Lintz
  10. Lintz Green
  11. Lintzes

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