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linn

 (lĭn)
n. Scots
1. A waterfall.
2. A steep ravine.

[Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.]
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linn

(lɪn)
n
1. (Physical Geography) a waterfall or a pool at the foot of it
2. (Physical Geography) a ravine or precipice
[C16: probably from a confusion of two words, Scottish Gaelic linne pool and Old English hlynn torrent]
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linn

(lɪn)

n. Chiefly Scot.
1. a waterfall.
2. a steep ravine or precipice.
[before 1000; conflation of Old English hlynn torrent (not recorded in Middle English), and Scottish Gaelic linne, c. Irish linn, Welsh llyn]
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The whole body of the river was compressed into a space of less than thirty feet in width, between two ledges of rocks, upwards of two hundred feet high, and formed a whirling and tumultuous vortex, so frightfully agitated as to receive the name of "The Caldron Linn." Beyond this fearful abyss, the river kept raging and roaring on, until lost to sight among impending precipices.
"To Winchester, Linn mart, Bristol fair, Stourbridge, and Bartholomew's in London Town.
Linn's teaching career spans more than 25 years and includes independent studio teaching of all ages, as well as group instruction and piano pedagogy at the university level.
But super-shrewd Swinbank saw the four-year-old's potential on the level, and Turbo Linn made her Flat debut at Catterick last month.
Linn fired his second consecutive 1-under 71 at Wachusett Country Club to beat first-round leader Matt Dunn by a shot.
"Eight of the top PBMs--including Caremark [Rx Inc.], Express Scripts [Inc.] and Medco [Health Solutions Inc.]-have agreed to list Health Mart in patient communications," says Linn. "This ensures patients both old and new know that their insurance plan will be accepted when they go to a Health Mart store."
To their credit, writer-helmer Michael Linn and co-scripter Keith Davenport provide a modestly surprising payoff that is both dramatically satisfying and (within this context) ingeniously logical.
Linn, FAIA, were presented the Media Award for their work at Architectural Record--in particular; the three-part series they co-authored on marketing.
The Petroleum Manager for the Linn Co-op, John Airy, shared the perspective of the supplier of the end product.
Linn was unhurt but the other driver suffered fractures to a thigh and kneecap, a broken hand and collar bone.
Shepheard told me how Linn would urge them to take notice of the planting that urban dwellers with access to a patch of land would do for themselves, rather than choose for them the varieties that happened to be fashionable with the professionals of landscape design.