Lin \Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See Lithe.]

To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.]

--Marston.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Lin \Lin\, v. t. To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Lin \Lin\, n. [Ir. linn, or Gael. linne; akin to W. llyn a pool, pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS. hlynn torrent. Cf. Dunlin.]

1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.

2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.

3. A steep ravine.

Note: Written also linn and lyn.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Arecoline \A*re"co*line\, n. Also -lin \-lin\ . [From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.]

An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)