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Linch vs Lynch - What's the difference?

linch | lynch |

Linch is a alternative form of lynch.



As nouns the difference between lynch and linch

is that lynch is alternative form of lang=en while linch is a ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.

As a verb lynch

is to execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging.

As a proper noun Lynch

is {{surname}.

linch

English

Alternative forms

* lynch

Noun

(es)
  • A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
  • * 1910 , An introduction to the study of local history and antiquities , page 387:
  • Within ten years linches' were formed; rain washed down the mould, some accident arrested it at a certain line, and a terrace was the result. Certainly the tendency is for the upper part of such a field to be denuded of mould, to be worked "to the bone," i.e. to the bare chalk or stone. But the first makers of ' linches had no choice. They had to farm on slopes or not at all,
  • * Peter James, ?Nick Thorpe, Ancient Mysteries (ISBN 0307414604), page 289:
  • Indeed, a map of 1844 marks some of the lower terraces on the southern and eastern flanks of the hill as "Tor Linches," a linch or lynchet being a terrace of land wide enough to plot. (Some linches were deliberately Fashioned; others came about as the land flattened into platforms through being worked.)

    References

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    lynch

    English

    (wikipedia lynch)

    Etymology 1

    First attested , from (Lynch law) that appeared in .

    Verb

    (es)
  • (pejorative) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging.
  • Synonyms
    * (execute without a proper legal trial) string up
    Derived terms
    * lynching * lynch mob

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • English eponyms ----