And up he sprang, and from the precipice
Darted. A moment; and Ayaya´ca heard
His body fall upon the rocks below.
Southey, Madoc, ii. 22 (1805).
Lindab´rides (4 syl.), a euphemism for a female of no repute, a courtezan. Lindabridês is the heroine of the romance entitled The Mirror of Knighthood, one of the books in Don Quixote’s library (pt. I. i. 6), and the name became a household word for a mistress. It occurs in two of Sir W. Scott’s novels, Kenilworth and Woodstock.
Linden (John Endicott), young man who comes to a New England village to teach school, institutes various reforms; falls in love with a pretty pupil, Faith Derrick, educates her, and when he has completed his theological studies, marries her, and settles as pastor of a Vermont mountain parish.—Susan Warner, Say and Seal (1860).
Lindesay, an archer in the Scotch guard of Louis XI. of France.—Sir W. Scott, Quentin Durward (time, Edward IV.).
Lindesay (Lord), one of the embassy to Queen Mary of Scotland.—Sir W. Scott, The Abbot (time, Elizabeth).
Lindor, a poetic swain or lover playing at shepherd.
Do not, for Heaven’s sake, bring down Corydon and Lindor upon us.—Sir W. Scott.