| Link (link) |
|---|
| n. | (l***ibreve]***nsm]k) |
|---|
| Link |
| [Prob.
corrupted from lint and this for lunt a torch, match,
D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf. MHG.
lünden to burn. Cf. Lunt, Linstock.] |
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
|
A single ring or division of a
chain.
Hence: Anything, whether material or not,
which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a
connected series; a tie; a bond.
Anything doubled and closed like a link;
as, a link of horsehair.
Any one of the several
elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod,
wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of
other parts is produced and constrained.
Any intermediate rod or
piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting
rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine),
the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which
the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of
the valve is varied, in a link motion.
The length of one joint
of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches,
the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain,
n., 4.
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| Link (link) |
|---|
| v. t. | (l***ibreve]***nsm]k) |
|---|
| Link |
| [imp. *** p. p. Linked (l&ibreve]***nsm]kt);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Linking.] |
To connect or
unite with a link or as with a link] to join; to attach; to unite; to
couple.
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| Link (link) |
|---|
| n. | (?) |
|---|
| Link |
| [See Linch.] |
A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded
or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.
A winding of a river] also, the ground
along such a winding; a meander; -- usually in pl.
Sand hills with the surrounding
level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river
bank, etc.
Hence, any such piece of ground
where golf is played.
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