Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lin \Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See {Lithe}.]
   To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston.

Lin \Lin\, v. t.
   To cease from. [Obs. or Scot.]

Lin \Lin\, n. [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}.]
   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.

   Note: Written also linn and lyn.

Source : WordNet®

Lin
     n : United States sculptor and architect whose public works
         include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in
         Washington (born in 1959) [syn: {Maya Lin}]