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Lintwhite

{

Lin′tie

(lĭn′tĭ)
,

Lint′whiteˊ

(lĭnt′hwītˊ)
}
,
Noun.
[AS.
līnetwige
. See
Linnet
.]
(Zool.)
See
Linnet
.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


lintwhite

lintwhite

English

Noun

lintwhite (plural lintwhites)

  1. (archaic) A linnet.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Robert Burns to this entry?)
    • Alfred Lord Tennyson, Claribel
      At midnight the moon cometh, / And looketh down alone; / Her song the lintwhite swelleth []