linn
Americannoun
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a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
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a pool of water, especially at the foot of a waterfall.
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a steep ravine or precipice.
noun
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a waterfall or a pool at the foot of it
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a ravine or precipice
Etymology
Origin of linn
before 1000; conflation of Old English hlynn torrent (not recorded in ME), and Scots Gaelic linne, cognate with Irish linn, Welsh llyn
Example Sentences
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She also runs the Washington-based Roberta Flack Enterprises, which includes a publishing linn, a talent agency and a production company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Duncan fleech'd, and Duncan pray'd; Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig; Duncan sigh'd baith out and in, Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', Spak o' lowpin ower a linn!
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
For rock, crag, and dashing linn, the northern Highlands are supreme; but in the green Borderland, there is a more sedate and proportioned beauty.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
Small: like ll in million; as, linn an age, lion fill, pill to return, slighe a way.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
Her bosom is a holy shrine, Unstain'd by mortal sin, An' spotless as the snaw-white foam, On the breast o' the siller linn.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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