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Webster 1913 Edition


Ling

Ling

(lĭng)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lenge
; akin to D.
leng
, G.
länge
, Dan.
lange
, Sw.
långa
, Icel.
langa
. So named from its being
long
. See
Long
,
Adj.
]
(Zool.)
(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

,
Noun.
[Icel.
lyng
; akin to Dan.
lyng
, Sw.
ljung
.]
(Bot.)
Heather (
Calluna vulgaris
).
Ling honey
,
a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ling

LING

,
Noun.
A fish of the genus Gadus, or cod kind, which grows to the length of four feet or more, is very slender, with a flat head. This fish abounds on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, and forms a considerable article of commerce.

LING

,
Noun.
A species of long grass; heath.

Definition 2024


ling

ling

See also: líng, lìng, līng, lǐng, and -ling

English

Noun

ling (plural lings)

  1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
  2. Short for common ling, Molva molva.
  3. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
    1. Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Derived terms

Translations


Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *linga, from Proto-Indo-European *leig- (compare English lark ‘to frolic’, Lithuanian láigyti ‘to run around wildly’, Ancient Greek ελελίζω (elelízō) ‘to whirl around’).

Noun

ling m (definite singular lingu)

  1. quick gait, trot
  2. hurry, haste, rush

Elfdalian

Noun

ling ?

  1. heather, ling

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Irish

Verb

ling (present analytic lingeann, future analytic lingfidh, verbal noun lingeadh, past participle lingthe)

  1. (literary) leap, spring
  2. jump at, attack
  3. start back, shrink away from (with ó (from))

Conjugation

Derived terms


Kurdish

Noun

ling m

  1. leg, foot

See also


Mandarin

Romanization

ling

  1. Nonstandard spelling of līng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of líng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lìng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liŋɡ]

Verb

ling

  1. first-person singular present tense form of linge.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of linge.
  3. third-person plural present tense form of linge.