linn

linn or lin [lin] ExamplesWord Origin 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.

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 Examples from the Web for linn Contemporary Examples of linn

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Historical Examples of linn

Linn was ranking officer, although there was little discipline.

Chronicles of Border Warfare

Alexander Scott Withers

Do you know the story of it, and why it is called the Lady’s Linn?

Gilian The Dreamer

Neil Munro

Well, Mrs. Linn, you jus sign this receipt, it will be all the same.

Watch Yourself Go By

Al. G. Field

So busy were they that Linn had to tend the fire all by himself and Ed forgot he was hungry.

Mary Jane’s City Home

Clara Ingram Judson

Such were the conditions in Linn county half a century since.

History of Linn County Iowa

Luther A. Brewer

British Dictionary definitions for linn linn noun mainly Scot

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

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