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Scott vs Lin - What's the difference?

scott | lin |

As a proper noun scott

is for someone with scottish ancestry.

As a noun lin is

flax or lin can be ling (fish).

scott

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • for someone with Scottish ancestry.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • A CDP in Arkansas
  • An unincorporated town in Indiana
  • A city in Louisiana
  • A town in New York
  • A village in Ohio
  • A municipality in Quebec
  • A town in Saskatchewan
  • One of seven towns in Wisconsin

    • Related terms

    * given names: Scot, Scottie, Scotty

    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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