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▪ I. linden, n.|ˈlɪndən|
[linden a. used subst.
The recent currency of the word is prob. due to its use in translations of German romance, as an adoption of G. linden pl. of linde, or as the first element in the comb. lindenbaum = ‘linden-tree’.]
1. The lime-tree (see lime n.3).
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. 106 b, The Lynden [printed Lynder], in Greeke ϕιλλυρία, and so in Italian, in Spanish Latera, in Dutch Lynden. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxiii. 754 The broth of the leaves of Lynden sodde in water cureth the noughtie ulcers and blisters of the mouthes of young children. a1785T. Potter Moralist II. 20 A majestic Linden reared its towering branches over the mouldering battlements. 1814Byron Lara ii. xxv, Herself would..seat her down upon some linden's root. 1853M. Arnold Scholar-Gipsy iii, Air-swept lindens yield Their scent. 1889Cook in Nature 3 Oct. 559 When the linden was in bloom a single hive of bees would sometimes store up 15 lbs. of honey in the day.
2. Antiq. Used to render the OE. lind, shield of lime-tree wood.
1855J. Hewitt Anc. Armour I. 78 The shields placed in the graves were the ordinary ‘lindens’, of which no part commonly remains but the metal-boss and handle.
3. attrib. and Comb., as linden-tree; linden-shaded adj.
a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 102 The *linden shaded courtyard.
1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 373 *Linden tree: for filthy sores of childrens mouthes. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Teja, a linden tree. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 817 Linden-tree, Tilia. 1818Scott Battle of Sempach 1 'Twas when among our linden-trees The bees had housed in swarms.
▪ II. † ˈlinden, a. Obs.
[OE. linden, f. lind: see lind.]
Made of the wood of the lime-tree.
a1000Gnomic Verses (Exeter MS.) 95 (Gr.) Scip sceal ᵹenæᵹled, scyld ᵹebunden, leoht linden bord. c1320Sir Tristr. 2039 Bi water he sent adoun Liȝt linden spon. |