Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Link"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [Prob. corrupted from lint and this
for lunt a torch, match, D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf.
MHG. l["u]nden to burn. Cf. {Lunt}, {Linstock}.]
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Link \Link\, n. [OE. linke, AS. hlence; akin to Sw. l["a]nk ring
of a chain, Dan. l[ae]nke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G. gelenk
joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.]
1. A single ring or division of a chain.
2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds
together, or connects, separate things; a part of a
connected series; a tie; a bond. ``Links of iron.''
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Link \Link\, v. i.
To be connected.
No one generation could link with the other. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Linked}
(l[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Linking}.]
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join;
to attach; to unite; to couple.
All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman
Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws
and the same government, but by all the facilities of
commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
--Eustace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Link \Link\, n. [See {Linch}.]
1. A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank
between cultivated fields, etc. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a
winding; a meander; -- usually in pl. [Scot.]
The windings or ``links'' of the Forth above and
below Stirling are extremely tortuous. --Encyc.
Brit.
3. pl. Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating
land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
[Scot.]
Golf may be played on any park or common, but its
original home is the ``links'' or common land which
is found by the seashore, where the short close
tuft, the sandy subsoil, and the many natural
obstacles in the shape of bents, whins, sand holes,
and banks, supply the conditions which are easential
to the proper pursuit of the game. --Encyc. of
Sport.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
link
n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
[syn: {nexus}]
2: a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held
together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during
construction" [syn: {linkup}, {tie}, {tie-in}]
3: the state of being connected; "the connection between church
and state is inescapable" [syn: {connection}, {connectedness}]
[ant: {disjunction}]
4: a connecting shape [syn: {connection}, {connexion}]
5: a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
6: (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a
program or an element on a list to another program or list
7: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: {liaison}, {contact}, {inter-group
communication}]
8: a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave);
part of a more extensive telecommunication network [syn: {radio
link}]
9: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for
the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: {data
link}]
v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
two pieces of evidence in my mind" [syn: {associate}, {tie
in}, {relate}, {link up}, {connect}] [ant: {dissociate}]
2: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can
you connect the two loudspeakers?" "Tie the ropes
together"; "Link arms" [syn: {connect}, {tie}, {link up}]
[ant: {disconnect}]
3: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: {connect},
{link up}, {join}, {unite}]
4: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
{yoke}]
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