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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


líng

líng

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

Mandarin

Romanization

líng (Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄥˊ)

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