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United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)Synonyms: Maya LinInstance of architect, sculptor

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Lin (lĭn), intransitive verb

Origin: AS. linnan. See Lithe.

To yield; to stop; to cease. Obs. or Scot. John Marston

Lin transitive verb

To cease from. Obs. or Scot.

Lin noun

Origin: 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.

☞ Written also linn and lyn.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54