Obs. [OE. linden, f. lind: see LIND.] Made of the wood of the lime-tree.

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a. 1000.  Gnomic Verses (Exeter MS.), 95 (Gr.). Scip sceal ʓenæʓled, scyld ʓebunden, leoht linden bord.

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c. 1320.  Sir Tristr., 2039. Bi water he sent adoun Liȝt linden spon.

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