linn

or lin

[ lin ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.

1. a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
2. a pool of water, especially at the foot of a waterfall.
3. a steep ravine or precipice.

linn

/ lɪn /

noun

1. a waterfall or a pool at the foot of it
2. a ravine or precipice

Word History and Origins

Origin of linn¹

before 1000; conflation of Old English hlynn torrent (not recorded in ME), and Scots Gaelic linne, cognate with Irish linn, Welsh llyn

Word History and Origins

Origin of linn¹

C16: probably from a confusion of two words, Scottish Gaelic linne pool and Old English hlynn torrent

Example Sentences

For the Museum of the North, Linn says, pushing for the opportunity to exhibit Bus 142 just made sense.

From Outside Online

I just read an interview with Roger Linn, the inventor of the Linn Drum.

From The Daily Beast

Each week, in the wealthy adjacent Portland suburbs of Lake Oswego and West Linn, battles rage.

From The Daily Beast

“Modeling Nature” includes works by designers at Joris Laarman Lab and architect Maya Linn and Ammar Eloueini.

From The Daily Beast

Seven minutes later, a West Linn police officer was knocking at the door.

From The Daily Beast

Boyle was immediately suspicious, said West Linn Police Sgt. Neil Hennelly.

From The Daily Beast

I must add that Linn at a later period renounced this quasi-assimilation, and that modern zoologists have unanimously rejected it.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence many fabulous stories which are told, were once believed concerning this curious linn.

From Project Gutenberg

He crossed the plains in 1864, when a lad of but nine years, and became a resident of Linn county, Oregon.

From Project Gutenberg

At Linn of Dee there is now a handsome white granite bridge, which was opened by the Queen as long ago as the year 1857.

From Project Gutenberg

It was only the seclusion of that narrow glen, so beautiful with its birch-trees and its linn, that saved the lonely habitation.

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