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

LIND, LYND, s. A lime tree.
Licht as the lynd, very light.
Douglas.
Under the lind, in the woods.

Isl. lind, arbor; tilia.

Bannatyne P.

LINDER, s. A short gown, shaped like a man's vest, close to the body, with sleeves, worn by old women and children; Ang.

Perh. from Isl. lendar, lumbi, as sitting close to the loins.

To LINE, v. a. To beat, Ang.

To LYNE, LYN, v. a. To measure land with a line.
Burrow Lawes.

Lat. lin-eare, id.

Lyner. s. One who measures land with a line.
Ibid.

LING, s.
1. A species of rush or thin long grass, Ayrs. S. A.
Statist. Acc.
2. Pull ling, cotton grass.
Statist. Acc.