Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Linga \Lin"ga\ (l[i^][ng]"g[.a]), Lingam \Lin"gam\
   (l[i^][ng]"g[a^]m), n. [Skr. li[.n]ga.]
   The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped
   in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
   --Whitworth. E. Arnold.