▪ I. Lincoln1
(ˈlɪŋkən)
Also 6 lyncolne, -cum, -kome, lincome, 8 linkome.
[The name of an English city, the county town of Lincolnshire.]
1. a. Used attrib. or adj. in the following: † Lincoln farthing, a hearth-tax payable at Lincoln; Lincoln green, a bright green stuff made at Lincoln; Lincoln imp, a grotesque carving in Lincoln cathedral; a door-knocker, ornament, or trinket modelled on this; also attrib.; Lincoln Longwool, a sheep of the breed so called, characterized by its large size and long fleece; Lincoln Red, an animal belonging to a breed of red shorthorn cattle so called, used as producers of both milk and beef; † Lincoln say, a say or fine serge made at Lincoln; † Lincoln twine, (a) a twine or thread made at Lincoln; (b) a material woven from this; Lincoln wool, wool from a Lincoln Longwool.
| 1444 Bp. Alnwick's Reg. in Wordsw. Lincoln Stat. ii. (1897) 487 Commissio ad leuand' le smoke ffardyngis alias dict' *Lincoln farthinges. |
| c 1510 Gest R. Hode ccccxxii. in Child Ballads III. 77 Whan they were clothed in *Lyncolne grene, They keste away theyr graye. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. ii. 5 All in a woodman's jacket he was clad Of Lincolne green. a 1845 Hood Forge i. xiii, With little jackets..Of Lincoln green. |
| 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 156/3 Bedroom door knockers..*Lincoln Imp, 31/4 in., 1/6. 1941 E. Bowen Look at Roses 245 They were mementoes—photos..a Lincoln Imp, a merry-thought pen-wiper. 1967 Listener 13 July 48/3 Lincoln Cathedral has its world famous devil—the Lincoln imp. |
| 1894 CGA Catal. 46/1 Sheep. *Lincoln Long Wool Shearling Rams, bred by owner; 1st and 2nd, {pstlg}10. 1919 W. C. Coffey Productive Sheep Husbandry xix. 163 Breeders in England organized the Lincoln Long-wool Sheep Breeders' Association in 1892. 1972 Country Life 16 Mar. 606/2 Lincoln Longwool and some of the white-faced breeds are used for crossing. |
| 1903 Farmer & Stockbreeder 20 July 1195/3 The *Lincoln Red is a profitable farmer's beast, growing to great weight. 1966 Guardian 13 July 18/1 Cockerington Earl..won the supreme championship of the Lincoln Red cattle. Lincoln Reds are the heftiest of the beef cattle. 1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 65/3 The stocky, sturdy, thick-coated Lincoln reds... Lincoln red cattle are..most attractive animals. |
| 1310–11 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 506 In xvij ulnis de *Lincolnesaye empt. pro Priore et sociis suis, xliijs. jd. |
| 1566 in Hay Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 506 Item of *lyncum tuyne to schew the Quens curges tua unce. 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 183 A sark made of the linkome twine. |
| 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs vii. 177 They cut over twelve hundred bales of *Lincoln wool. |
† b. Short for
Lincoln green.
| a 1568 Christis Kirke Gr. 14 Thair kirtillis wer of lynkome licht. |
2. ellipt. as
n. in
pl. A variety of sheep originally bred in Lincolnshire.
| 1837 Youatt Sheep viii. 332 The Lincolns were decidedly inferior—they were fen sheep. 1886 C. Scott Sheep-Farming 155 Lincolns made some good figures. 1897 Trans. Highl. & Agric. Soc. 61 The Teeswaters themselves were descended from the same stock as the Lincolns. |
▪ II. Lincoln2 (
ˈlɪŋkən)
Name of Abraham
Lincoln (1809–65), sixteenth President of the
U.S., in
Lincoln rocker, a type of rocking-chair with straight upholstered back and seat and open arms, popular in the mid-19th c.
| 1952 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. 311 Lincoln rocker, a name occasionally used in the United States for a mid-19th century type of rocking chair. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. 1. 51/3 (Advt.), Grape carved Lincoln rocker. |