-ling

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ling \Ling\, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.]
     (Bot.)
     Heather ({Calluna vulgaris}).
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     {Ling honey}, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of


        the heather. --Holland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -ling \-ling\ (-l[i^]ng) suff. [AS. -ling.]
     A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory
     force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling,
     firstling, underling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -ling \-ling\
     An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G.
     l[aum]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named
     from its being long. See {Long}, a.] (Zool.)
     (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish ({Molva vulgaris}) of
         Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food
         fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also
         {drizzle}.
     (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
     (c) An American hake of the genus {Phycis}. [Canada]
     (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus {Genypterus}. The
         name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the
         cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
     heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
     hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
     field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
     ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A low shrub ({Erica vulgaris} or {Calluna vulgaris}),
            with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
            pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
            thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
            is also called {heather}, and {ling}.
        (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which
            several are European, and many more are South African,
            some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.
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     2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
        country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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              Their stately growth, though bare,
              Stands on the blasted heath.          --Milton
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     {Heath cock} (Zool.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}
        (below).
  
     {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
        {Triodia} ({Triodia decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.
  
     {Heath grouse}, or {Heath game} (Zool.), a European grouse
        ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
        {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath fowl},
        {moor fowl}. The male is called {heath cock}, and
        {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.
  
     {Heath hen}. (Zool.) See {Heath grouse} (above).
  
     {Heath pea} (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
        macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
        Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
  
     {Heath throstle} (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
        heaths; the ring ouzel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burbot \Bur"bot\, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st
     {Barb}.] (Zool.)
     A fresh-water fish of the genus {Lota}, having on the nose
     two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin.
     [Written also {burbolt}.]
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     Note: The fish is also called an {eelpout} or {ling}, and is
           allied to the codfish. The {Lota vulgaris} is a common
           European species. An American species ({Lota maculosa})
           is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther
           north.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
         producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
         {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
         species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
         and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
         Both are edible, but of little value.
     (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ling
       n 1: water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4
            prongs [syn: {ling ko}, {Trapa bicornis}]
       2: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
          evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn: {heather},
           {Scots heather}, {broom}, {Calluna vulgaris}]
       3: elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe;
          often salted and dried [syn: {Molva molva}]
       4: American hakes
       5: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and
          North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: {burbot},
           {eelpout}, {cusk}, {Lota lota}]