Defn: . An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
LING Ling, n. Etym: [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. länge, Dan. lange, Sw. l, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See Long, a.] (Zoöl.) (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle. (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario. (c) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada] (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
LING
Ling, n. Etym: [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.] (Bot.)
Defn: Heather (Calluna vulgaris). Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. Holland.
LINGA; LINGAM
Lin"ga, Lin"gam, n. Etym: [Skr. linga.]
Defn: The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. Whitworth. E. Arnold.
LING-BIRD
Ling"-bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European meadow pipit; — called also titling.
LINGEL
Lin"gel, n. Etym: [F. ligneul, dim. of L. linea a linen thread.]
1. A shoemaker's thread. [Obs.]