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lintie (gcide) | Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L.
linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[imac]netwige, fr.
AS. l[imac]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds
of flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common
European species (Linota cannabina), which, in full summer
plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet,
rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, {gorse
thatcher}, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The
American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the
crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.
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Green linnet (Zool.), the European green finch.
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Lintie (gcide) | Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[i^]n"t[i^]), Lintwhite \Lint"white`\
(l[i^]nt"hw[imac]t`), n. [AS. l[imac]netwige. See Linnet.]
(Zool.)
See Linnet. --Tennyson.
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Flintier (gcide) | Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. Flintier; superl. Flintiest.]
Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling,
flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
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Flinty rock, or Flinty state, a siliceous slate; --
basanite is here included. See Basanite.
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Flintiest (gcide) | Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. Flintier; superl. Flintiest.]
Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling,
flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
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Flinty rock, or Flinty state, a siliceous slate; --
basanite is here included. See Basanite.
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Lintie (gcide) | Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L.
linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[imac]netwige, fr.
AS. l[imac]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds
of flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common
European species (Linota cannabina), which, in full summer
plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet,
rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, {gorse
thatcher}, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The
American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the
crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.
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Green linnet (Zool.), the European green finch.
[1913 Webster]Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[i^]n"t[i^]), Lintwhite \Lint"white`\
(l[i^]nt"hw[imac]t`), n. [AS. l[imac]netwige. See Linnet.]
(Zool.)
See Linnet. --Tennyson.
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