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▪ I. † loyn Obs. rare. Also 5 loigne, loyne, 8 lowing. See also lune. [a. OF. loigne (also longe):—med.L. longia, longea, f. long-us long a.] A length (of cord); a leash for a hawk. Also fig.
c1400Rom. Rose 3882 The loigne [F. longe] it is so longe Of Bialacoil, hertis to lure. Ibid. 7050 He shal have of a corde a loigne [F. longe], With whiche men shal him binde and lede. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxiii. (1869) 148 Yif me a loyne [F. longe], if thou wolt, and peyre gessis. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 129 Let hir be loose from all hir furniture, that is without either loyne or cryaunce. 1702J. K. Dict., The Lowings or thongs of an hawk. ▪ II. loyn obs. form of line v.1 |