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

LING, LYNG, s. A line, Fr. ligne. In ane ling.
1. Straight forward.
Gawan and Gol.
2. Denoting expedition in motion, Aberd.
Douglas.

To LING, v. n. To go at a long pace, S.

Ir. ling-im, to skip.

Barbour.

To Link, v. n.
1. To walk smartly, to trip, S.
Ross.
2. Denoting the influx of money.
Ritson.

LINGEL, LINGLE, s.
1. Shoemaker's thread, S. also lingan; Fr. ligneul.
Ramsay.
2. A bandage.
Polwart.

Isl. lengia, lamina coriacea.

Lingel-tail'd, adj. Applied to a woman whose clothes hang awkwardly, from the smallness of her shape below, S.

LINGET, s. A rope binding the fore foot of a horse to the hinder one, Ang.
V. [Langet].

LINGET-SEED, s. The seed of flax, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.