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Hin vs Lin - What's the difference?

hin | lin |

As nouns the difference between hin and lin

is that hin is an ancient hebrew unit of liquid measurement, approximately 048 litre while lin is flax or lin can be ling (fish).

hin

English

(Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measurement, approximately 0.48 litre.
  • * Exodus 30:24 (NIV):
    • 500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

    lin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) linnen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To desist (from something), stop.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
    • Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
  • To cease; leave off.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From Irish or Gaelic.

    Alternative forms

    * linn * lyn

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
  • A waterfall, or cataract.
    • a roaring lin
  • A steep ravine.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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