Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fasten with a linch-pin.
- To prance about in a lively manner.
- To beat or chastise. Urry's MS. additions to Ray.
- noun A ridge or balk of land; any bank or boundary for the division of land.
- noun A ledge; a right-angled projection.
- noun A narrow and steep bank or footpath.
- noun A small inland cliff, generally one that is wooded.
- noun A hamlet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A ledge; a right-angled projection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
ledge ; a right-angledprojection .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"linch" being a corruption, due to confusion with "link," of the Old
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Hunting wolves is not some be all, end all linch pin in the war between hunters and anti-hunters.
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Hunting wolves is not some be all, end all linch pin in the war between hunters and anti-hunters.
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All we have growing out this tea party is a want a be linch mob.
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The linch-pin of hearing and balance, thousands of these hairs help convert sound vibrations into nerve impulses which are decoded by the brain.
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Sounds like a PDC multi-win strategy with lots of linch pins and knock-on effects to me.
Another priceless comedy moment from the O (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Lewis, you say “The Romans would linch me, and make a spectacle of it at the Coloseum”
Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010
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The Romans would linch you, and make a spectacle of it at the Coloseum.
Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010
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The Bush administration claimed that Ethiopia was the linch-pin of its regional counterterrorism strategy and a vital beacon of stability.
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The name Israel had been drummed into our heads as a linch pin of “God's divine plan” for centuries before the country even existed.
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