lin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
    Maya Lin.

WordNet

Lin intransitive verb
Etymology
AS. linnan. See Lithe.
Definitions
  1. To yield; to stop; to cease. Obs. or Scot. Marsion.
Lin noun
Etymology
Ir. linn, or Gael. linne; akin to W. llyn a pool, pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS.hlynn torrent. Cf. Dunlin.
Definitions
  1. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
  2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
  3. A steep ravine. ✍ Written also linn and lyn.

Webster 1913