LINCTURE; LINCTUS
Linc"ture, Linc"tus, n. Etym: [L. lingere, linctum, to lick.]
Defn: Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
LIND
Lind, n.
Defn: The linden. See Linden. Chaucer.
LINDEN Lin"den, n. Etym: [Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. Lime linden.] (Bot.) (a) A handsome tree (Tilia Europæa), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. (b) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.
LINDIA
Lin"di*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoölogists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.
LINDIFORM
Lin"di*form, a. Etym: [Lindia + -form.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling the genus Lindia; — said of certain apodous insect larvæ. [See Illust. under Larva.]
LINE
Line, n. Etym: [OE. lin. See Linen.]