lin
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Is lin a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of lin?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop, to cease.Examples: "Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...]."; "Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin."; "He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had."Northern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectal
noun (English)
1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, especially in compounds) Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”).Examples: "a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel"; "[…] to Sowerby-bridge, about twenty-four measured miles, wheel carriages would go in one day; and on that account they concluded that the manufacture of that place, Warrington, &c. would be much readier and cheaper supplied with lin-yarn, flax, &c. from the east, […] 1641.—14 yards of femble cloth, 12s. ; 8 yards of linen, 6s. 8d. ; 20 yards of harden, 10s. ; 5 linen sheets, 1l. ; 7 linen pillow bears, 8s. ; 2 femble sheets and a line hard sheet, 10s. ; 3 linen towels, 4s. ; 6 lin curtains and a vallance, 12s. ; […]"; "A yerd a gooid lin check."IrelandNorthern-EnglandScotlandalt-ofalternativeespeciallyin-compounds
Definition source: Wiktionary