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linnet|ˈlɪnɪt|
Forms: 5 linet, 6 lenet, linnette, lynnet, 7–8 lennet, linot, 6– linnet.
[a. OF. linette, linot, linotte (mod.F. linotte), f. lin flax, on the seeds of which the bird feeds. OE. had a línetwíge, whence lintwhite, and there is one example of línece, f. lín line n.1, flax.]
1. A common and well-known song-bird, Linota (or Linaria) cannabina, of the family Fringillidæ. Its plumage is brown or warm grey; but in summer the breast and crown of the cock (when wild, not when caged) become crimson or rose-colour. Allied species are the Mountain-Linnet or Twite (Linota flavirostris or L. montium) and the Lesser Redpoll (L. rufescens).
[c1050Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 286/21 Cardella, linece.] c1530Crt. of Love 1412 ‘What meneth this?’ Seid than the linet; ‘welcome Lord of blisse’. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 134 b, Men fede byrdes wyth the sede of it [sesamum]..namelye syskennes, and linnettes. 1604Drayton Owl 109 Fie, quoth the Lennet, tripping on the Spray. 1631R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 290 The shee-Lennet flew away and left the male alone. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 261 The Mountain Linnet: Linaria Montana. 1850Tennyson In Mem. xxvii, I envy not in any moods..The linnet born within the cage. 1893Newton Dict. Birds 515 According to its sex, or the season of the year, it is known as the Red, Grey or Brown Linnet.
2. Applied, with qualifications, to birds of other genera. green linnet, the greenfinch (see green a. 13 b). pine linnet, a siskin of N. America, Chrysomitris (or Spinus) pinus.
1868Wood Homes without H. xxix. 550 The Indigo Bird or Blue Linnet of America (Spiza cyanea). 1884Burroughs Fresh Fields vi. (1895) 140 The greenfinch or green linnet is an abundant bird everywhere. 1886― Signs & Seasons ii. (1895) 41 The pine grosbeak and the pine linnet are both nurslings of this tree.
3. Mining. pl. Oxidized lead ores (Raymond Mining Gloss. 1881).
4. attrib. and Comb., as linnet-bird, linnet-finch; linnet-like adj.; linnet's heads (see quot. 1727–52).
1570Levins Manip. 86/43 A Linnet bird, acanthis. 1598Florio, Lindria,..a Lenet-bird or Lack-backer. c1650Lovelace's ‘To Althea’ in Percy Fol. II. 20 When Lynett like confined [1649 Lucasta 98 Like committed Linnets] I With shriller note shall sing. 1727–52Chambers Cycl. s.v. Teazel, The smaller kind [of teazles] sometimes called linnots heads, are used to draw out the knap from the coarser stuffs, as bays, &c. 1883Ouida Wanda I. 276 The sweet linnet-like voice of the Princess Ottilie came on her ear. 1890Century Dict., Linnet-finch, same as linnet. |