Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingy
Literary usage of Lingy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missionary Journals and Letters: Written During Eleven Years' Residence and by Jacob Tomlin (1844)
"The tin is brought thither by the Malays from all the neighbouring mines, and
hence transported to lingy in small boats. The country is cleared to a ..."
2. An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore, from the Foundation of the by Charles Burton Buckley (1902)
"They anchored off Malacca on 6th June, and Keppel was sent in charge of a small
force to blockade the lingy river. It is mentioned in Bertie's book, ..."
3. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"Ling-nail, lin-nail, n. C. The lynch-pin of a wheel. Dan. lingy, adj. ... A lingy
chap. I,ink, n. C. The groin. Dan. Lyske (groin). Lite, v. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"While in command of the port at lingy, he seized and detained a boat which had
conveyed supplies to one of the native belligerents between whom the ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1874)
"... an attempt to pronounce » and у at the same time, compare ly, common in French
signe »iny, which some analyse as lingy. 0, general symbol, in two ..."
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