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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lint•white (lint′hwīt′, -wīt′),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Scot.]- Scottish Termsthe linnet, Carduelis cannabina.
- Medieval Latin līnētum flax-field) + -wige, feminine of wiga fighter
- bef. 900; lint (syncopated variant of linnet) + white; replacing Middle English lynkwhytte, alteration (perh. by association with link hill (see links) and whit) of Old English līnetwige linnet, literally, flax (or flax-field) trouble-maker, so called because the bird pecks out and eats flaxseed, equivalent. to līnet- (
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