lingyadj.1
/ˈlɪŋi/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡi/ Abounding in or covered with ling or heather.
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1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xvii. 101 A Lingy Heath or Common.
a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) iv. 103 (margin) His Cell was upon a Lingy Moor, about two miles from Mulgrave Castle.
1845 Watson in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 i. 79 Heath land, or, what is generally termed in the North of England ‘lingy land’.
1884 Kendal Mercury & Times 26 Sept. 2/6 Three beautiful meadow fields, which were a great contrast to the surrounding lingy land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lingyadj.2
/ˈlɪndʒi/, U.S. /ˈlɪndʒi/ dialect.
Limber; supple.
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1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 44 Lingey, limber.
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. [Common in mod. dialects: see Eng. Dial. Dict.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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