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Shane vs Lin - What's the difference?

shane | lin |

As a proper noun shane

is .

As a noun lin is

flax or lin can be ling (fish).

shane

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2010 L.L.Steinmetz - W.T.Brooks, How to Sell at Margins Higher Than Your Competitor , John Wiley&Sons, ISBN 1118040619:
    • Back in ancient Hollywood history, there was an extremely well-known movie titled Shane'''''. It was a classic western in which the late Alan Ladd played the title role. The most famous scene is the last one in the film, when '''Shane''' is riding off into the sunset and the little kid is chasing after him yelling, "'''Shane''', come back, ' Shane !"
  • (rare) .

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    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.
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    * (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)

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