lin

v. i. (lĭn)

[AS. linnan. See Lithe.]
To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] Marston.

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.

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On drawings, abbr. for “linear.”

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IN BRIEF: n. - United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).