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To yield; to stop; to cease.

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  1. v. i. To yield; to stop; to cease.
  2. v. t. To cease from.
  3. n. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
  4. n. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
  5. n. A steep ravine.
  6. To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] Marsion. 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.
  7. To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] Marsion.
  8. n. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)