lìon

-ìn, pl. lìontan, [lìn — DMy] sm Lint, flax — linum usitatissimum. 2 Linen. 3 Net, fishing net. 4‡‡ Gin, snare. 5 Line, limit, boundary. 6 Proportionate quantity or complement. 7** Number, quantity. 8** Lining. 9** Parcel. 10 Fishing-line. Là Buan an Lìn, Nevermas; linne lìn, a lint dam; a' bualadh an lìn, beating the flax; lìon làn éisg, a netful of fish; biadh le a lìon de anlainn, food with its complement of condiment; a lìon den Fhéinn 's a bha ann, as many of the Féinn as were present; a lìon fear is fear, one by one; a lìon dithis is dithis, two by two; a lìon triùir is triùir, three by three; a lìon beagan is beagan, mar a dh'ith an cat an sgadan, little by little, as the cat. ate the herring; lìn mhóra, long (fishing) lines; lìn bheaga, short (fishing) lines; lìon an damhain-allaidh, a cobweb; lìon sgadanaich, a herring-net; lìon fuilt, a hairnet; lìon-eisirean, a dredge; lìon-iadhaidh, sweep-net, drag-net; lìon-iasgaich, a fishing-net; lìon-obair, network.

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