linn
or lin
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
a pool of water, especially at the foot of a waterfall.
a steep ravine or precipice.
Origin of linn
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How to use linn in a sentence
For the Museum of the North, linn says, pushing for the opportunity to exhibit Bus 142 just made sense.
I just read an interview with Roger linn, the inventor of the linn Drum.
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Seven minutes later, a West linn police officer was knocking at the door.
Boyle was immediately suspicious, said West linn Police Sgt. Neil Hennelly.
I must add that linn at a later period renounced this quasi-assimilation, and that modern zoologists have unanimously rejected it.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginHence many fabulous stories which are told, were once believed concerning this curious linn.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsHe crossed the plains in 1864, when a lad of but nine years, and became a resident of linn county, Oregon.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) | William Denison LymanAt linn of Dee there is now a handsome white granite bridge, which was opened by the Queen as long ago as the year 1857.
It was only the seclusion of that narrow glen, so beautiful with its birch-trees and its linn, that saved the lonely habitation.
British Dictionary definitions for linn
/ (lɪn) /
a waterfall or a pool at the foot of it
a ravine or precipice
Origin of linn
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