Pronunciations
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/lɪn/
Verb
To desist, to stop, to cease.
Usage- Northern-England
- Scotland
- UK usage
- dialectal
- Examples
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Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin.
More examples (1)
He never linned till he had taen away every chicken that the wife had.