6. (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the
ground.
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ling
(-ling) [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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ling
(-ling). An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Ling
(Ling) n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. länge, Dan. lange, Sw. långa, Icel. langa. So named
from its being long. See Long, a.] (Zoöl.) (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.
Ling
(Ling), n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.] (Bot.) Heather
Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. Holland.
Linga
(||Lin"ga Lin"gam) n. [Skr. linga.] The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped
in his character of the creative and reproductive power. Whitworth. E. Arnold.
Ling-bird
(Ling"-bird`) n. (Zoöl.) The European meadow pipit; — called also titling.
Lingel
(Lin"gel) n. [F. ligneul, dim. of L. linea a linen thread.]
1. A shoemaker's thread. [Obs.]
2. A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. Crabb.
Lingence
(Lin"gence) n. [L. lingere to lick.] A linctus. [Obs.] Fuller.
Linger
(Lin"ger) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lingered (- gerd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.] [OE. lengen to tarry,
AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang long. &radic125. See Long, a.] To delay; to loiter; to remain
or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind.
Gray.
Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
Milton. Syn. — To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
Linger
(Lin"ger), v. t.
1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.]
She lingers my desires.
Shak. 2. To spend or pass in a lingering manner; — with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden.
Lingerer
(Lin"ger*er) n. One who lingers. Guardian.
Lingering
(Lin"ger*ing), a.
1. Delaying.
