2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.
To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly.
Rambler. Lingeringly
(Lin"ger*ing*ly), adv. With delay; slowly; tediously.
Linget
(Lin"get) n. [F. lingot, perh. fr. L. lingua tongue (see Tongue). Cf. Ingot.] An ingot. [Written
also lingot.]
Lingism
(Ling"ism) n. A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; — proposed by
Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.
Lingle
(Lin"gle) n. See Lingel.
Lingo
(Lin"go) n. [L. lingua tongue, language. See Lingual.] Language; speech; dialect. [Slang]
Lingoa wood
(Lin*go"a wood`) (li&nsm*go"a w&oocrd`). Amboyna wood.
Lingot
(Lin"got) n. A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.
Lingua
(||Lin"gua) n.; pl. Linguæ (- gwe). [L., the tongue.] (Zoöl.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process
of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Linguacious
(Lin*gua"cious) a. [L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue.] Given to the use of
the tongue; loquacious. [Obs.]
Linguadental
(Lin`gua*den"tal) a. [L. lingua tongue + E. dental.] (Phonetics) Formed or uttered by
the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual,
as the letters d and t.
Linguadental
(Lin`gua*den"tal), n. (Phonetics) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the
tongue and teeth.
Lingua Franca
(Lin"gua Fran"ca) (li&nsm"gwa fra&nsm"ka). [It., prop., language of the Franks.] The
commercial language of the Levant, — a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of
foreign traders.
Lingual
(Lin"gual) a. [L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language.] Of or pertaining
to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
Lingual ribbon. (Zoöl.) See Odontophore.
Lingual
(Lin"gual), n. A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; — a term especially applied
to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as &tsdot, &tsdoth, &dsdot, &dsdoth, &nsdot, are called linguals,
cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the
dome of the palate.
Linguality
(Lin*gual"i*ty) n. The quality of being lingual.
Linguatulida
(||Lin`gua*tu"li*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.) Same as Linguatulina.
Linguatulina
(||Lin*guat`u*li"na) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.) An order of wormlike, degraded,
parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
