An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

LYMOURIS, LIMNARIS, s. pl. Shafts of a carriage.
Douglas.

Isl. lim, pl. limar, rami arborum.

LYMPET, part. pa. Perhaps, crippled.

Isl. limp-ast, viribus deficit.

Houlate.

LIN, LYN, s.
1. A cataract, S.
Bellenden.
2. The pool under a cataract, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

A. S. hlynna, a torrent; C. B. lhynn, Ir. lin, a pool.

LIN, LINN, v. a. To cease.
Patten.

A. S. linn-a, id.

LINCUM LICHT, cloth of a light colour, made at Lincoln.
Chr. Kirk.